Costume union suit for Tin Man in The Wiz on Broadway
date: label: Date
content: 1975
name: label: Designed by
content: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014
label: Worn by
content: Tiger Haynes, American, 1914 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: This union suit is part of a costume worn by Tiger Haynes as Tin Man in "The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical 'Wizard of Oz'" on Broadway. The union suit is made from a heavy wool machine knit fabric and has full-length sleeves and a turtleneck collar. A double layer of the knit fabric is sewn at both forearms and at both front knees for extra padding. Black machine knit wool socks are sewn to the inside hem of the ankle-length legs. The union suit closes at the center back with a metal zipper and one (1) large hook-and-eye closure at the center back neck. There is an additional zipper at the front fly. There are two self-fabric shoulder straps, one on each shoulder, that are sewn and turned nearest the sleeve and fasten near the neck with two (2) large metal hook-and-eye closures each. The union suit is not lined.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, Manhattan, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum 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 the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.7.3
objectType: label: Type
content: union suits
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 knit with metal zippers and hook-and-eyes
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Flat): 65 1/2 × 55 × 2 in. (166.4 × 139.7 × 5.1 cm)