Dark blue denim jacket and pants worn by Wilbert Rideau while incarcerated
date: label: Date
content: late 20th-early 21st century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1922
label: Worn by
content: Wilbert Rideau, American, born 1942
label: Manufactured by
content: Lee, American, founded 1912
label: Subject of
content: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
notes: label: Description
content: A dark blue denim jacket (.1) and pants (.2) worn by Wilbert Rideau while incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
label: Description
content: The dark blue denim jacket has full-length sleeves, a short standing collar, and closes at the center front with six (6) metal buttons that have the word "BRANDERS" stamped on them. There are two (2) diagonal welt pockets, one at each front side waist, and two (2) inset pockets with flaps that fasten with one (1) metal button each, one at each front side breast. Decorative stitching is sewn in vertical lines on each front side. The sleeve cuffs close with one (1) metal button each. A manufacturer's label was previously removed from the interior center back neck. The jacket is not lined.
label: Description
content: The dark blue denim pants have straight legs and a front center zip fly with one (1) metal button at the top. There are two (2) inset pockets, one at each front side, with a patch coin pocket sewn inside the proper right front pocket. There are two (2) patch pockets sewn one at each back side. Seven (7) self-fabric belt loops are sewn around the waist band. A leather patch with the text "LEE" in black is sewn at the proper right back side waist band. A fabric tag is sewn along the interior center back that reads "LEE REGULAR FIT". An additional tag with style information, content, size, and fiber care is sewn at the interior proper left front side.
place: label: Place used
content: West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Prisons
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wilbert Rideau and Linda LaBranche
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.139.5.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: jean jackets
label: Type
content: jeans
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: cotton denim with metal fasteners
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1 flat): 32 × 32 5/8 in. (81.3 × 82.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.2 flat): 41 5/8 × 18 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (105.7 × 47.3 × 3.2 cm)