Army Chaplain's stoles used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley
date: label: Date
content: 1939-1944
name: label: Issued by
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Used by
content: Louis J. Beasley, American, 1907 - 2001
notes: label: Description
content: Two black Army Chaplain's stoles used by Army Chaplain Louis J. Beasley. The stoles are made from black synthetic grosgrain with black rayon fringe attached at each end. There are matching designs machine embroidered on each facing end in gold rayon thread. The motifs are a cross below the Great Seal of the United States. The stoles are gathered into three (3) deep pleats at the center to accomdate the wearer's neck. Both stoles are the same materials and design, but the embroidered motif on .2 is slightly smaller in scale than the motif on .1, and there are subtle differences in the Great Seal designs on each stole. Near the center of the stole .1 is a single black hook-and-eye closure for securing the stole around the chest. In this same area on the stole .2 are two (2) loops of black thread securing the sides of the stole together, so the wearer would have slipped the stole over his neck.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Worship services
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Sacred and Ceremonial Objects
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 the Louis J. Beasley Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.205.3.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: stoles (vestments)
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: synthetic fiber with rayon fringe and embroidery
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.1 Flat): 45 1/2 × 15 1/4 in. (115.6 × 38.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.1 Folded): 47 1/4 × 7 1/2 in. (120 × 19.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.2 Flat): 45 1/2 × 15 in. (115.6 × 38.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.2 Folded): 48 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (123.2 × 19.1 cm)