White tuxedo shirt worn by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: After Six, Inc., American, founded 1903
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: An off-white tuxedo shirt worn by Cab Calloway. The shirt has a stand-up wing collar and straight cut sleeves with French cuffs. The front panel, button band, and cuffs are made of a diaper patterned white fabric. The shirt closes at the center front with four (4) clear plastic buttons and three (3) black plastic studs. Each cuff has two buttonholes for attaching cuff links. A loop of white twill tape is sewn at the center back of the collar for securing a bow tie. The shirt is not lined. There is a manufacturer's tag at the interior center back neck made from off-white fabric with black embroidered text that reads "after Six / 16 1/2 / 34". An additional tag is sewn beneath the first with silver embroidered text reading, "PERMANENT PRESS / 65% DACRON POLYESTER - 35% COTTON". The text "CH-CAB" is stamped in black ink on the interior center back of the collar.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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: 2013.237.4.3
objectType: label: Type
content: shirts
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: polyester and cotton blend fabric with plastic buttons
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (On form): 34 1/4 × 24 1/2 × 14 1/2 in. (87 × 62.2 × 36.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 34 × 18 1/4 in. (86.4 × 46.4 cm)