Travel bag used by Tommie Smith for the 1968 Olympics
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Tommie Smith, American, born 1944
notes: label: Description
content: A 1968 Olympic travel bag.
label: Description
content: The navy bag has rounded corners on the top. The front panel of the bag and the back panel of the bag are trimmed in white. There is a metal zipper going along the top center of the bag. The zipper pull reads [TALON] and has vertical grooved lines. On the front of the bag and the back of the bag there are two metal rings. There is a white plastic handle connected to them. There is text screen-printed on both sides of the bag. It reads [USA] in red with a white outline and [OLYMPIC TEAM] in white underneath. Some of the text has scratches and smudges. There are also some spots on other areas of the bag and on the handles.
label: Description
content: There is a white faded rectangle on the back of the bag in the top proper right corner. Tommie Smith's autograph appears in black ink. The bottom of the bag has six (6) metal rivets, three along the front and three along the back.
place: label: Place used
content: Mexico City, Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Olympics
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Track and field
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommie and Delois Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.110.3
objectType: label: Type
content: bags (containers)
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: leather, cotton, plastic, metal, and ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 11 3/4 × 18 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (29.8 × 47 × 19.1 cm)