US Marine Corps officer's mess dress trousers worn by Jesse E. Wrice Jr.
date: label: Date
content: 1997-2004
name: label: Manufactured by
content: The Marine Shop, American
label: Worn by
content: Lieutenant Colonel Jesse E. Wrice Jr., American
label: Subject of
content: United States Marine Corps, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of black fulled wool dress pants worn by Jesse E. Wrice Jr. as lieutenant colonel. The pants have straight cut ankle-length legs and close at the center front waist with a zipper, one (1) metal hook-and-eye, and one (1) black plastic button. A length of gold metallic woven tape with a textured pattern and a thin red stripe in the center is sewn along the outer side of each pant leg from below the waist band to the hem. There are two (2) exterior inset pockets, one at each front side just below the waist band. The pockets and the interior waist band are lined in black fabric, the rest of the pants are not lined. There is one interior manufacturer's label sewn to interior proper right back waist band with text reading in red embroidery "GARMENT MFGO. OF / U.S.M.C APPROVED / MATERIALS FOR STYLE / DESIGN AND QUALITY / TO LIKE ITEM APPROVED / BY U.S.M.C SERIAL 661" and a gold embroidered USMC insignia at the proper left side of the label.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Military
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Military Uniforms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lt. Col. Jesse E. Wrice, Jr. USMC (ret.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.201.2.2
objectType: label: Type
content: trousers
label: Type
content: dress uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wool, woven tape, and synthetic fiber, with metal and plastic fasteners
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (on form): 60 1/4 × 18 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (153 × 47 × 31.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 42 × 17 1/4 in. (106.7 × 43.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Inseam: 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm)