Tuxedo vest from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1984
name: label: Manufactured by
content: After Six, Inc., American, founded 1903
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A size large, After Six, Dynasty Collection tuxedo vest from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The gray, adjustable tuxedo vest is constructed from a fabric with a plain tweed weave with thin, vertical, light gray and dark gray woven stripes. There are closed, welted pockets on each side of the waist edged in gray satin. The vest has thin lapels and three, gray satin covered buttons attached at the front center. The vest has adjustable neck straps with the straps looped through a metal slider at the center and buttons placed at different lengths on each side of the strap’s interior to adjust the size. The vest also has black, elastic waistband straps with sliders at the bottom left and right that loop around the waist and connect at the center of the lower back with a silver tone buckle set. The vest’s interior is lined with white cotton fabric. Sewn to each side of the interior vest where the vest meets the elastic strap are light blue fabric tags with black embroidered text. The front of the tag on the proper left side reads [after / Six® / MENS / LARGE / MADE IN U.S.A.] and is blank on the back. The tag on the proper right side is identical. Attached to the proper right strap is a silver tone safety pin.
place: label: Place made
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.1.55.3
objectType: label: Type
content: vests (main garments)
label: Type
content: tuxedoes
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: satin on cloth with elastic , metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 26 9/16 × 39 13/16 × 1 1/4 in. (67.5 × 101.2 × 3.2 cm)