Black tuxedo trousers worn by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: 1976-1995
name: label: Manufactured by
content: After Six, Inc., American, founded 1903
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of black men's tuxedo pants worn by Cab Calloway. The pants are made from a black wool and synthetic blend fabric and have a straight cut leg with satin trim down the exterior seam of each leg. The pants close at the center front with a zipper and three (3) metal hook-and-eyes. There are adjustable waist tabs at each side, both fastening in place with black plastic buttons on the interior waistband.The pants have two (2) side pockets inset into the side seams of the legs, and two inset (2) back pockets. The proper left back pocket closes with one (1) round black plastic button. The waistband and pockets are lined with black synthetic fabric, while the rest of the pants are unlined. There are four (4) black plastic buttons, two at the front and two at the back, of the interior waistband for attaching suspenders. There is a white tag with black printed text sewn to the interior proper left back of the waist band containing size and care instructions. A union label is sewn inside the proper right back pocket.
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: 2013.237.4.2
objectType: label: Type
content: trousers
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 and synthetic blend fiber with metal fasteners and plastic buttons
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (On form): 44 × 16 × 11 1/2 in. (111.8 × 40.6 × 29.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 43 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (110.5 × 49.5 cm)