Delta Air Lines uniform pocket square worn by Eugene Harmond
date: label: Date
content: 1983-1991
name: label: Issued by
content: Delta Air Lines, American, founded 1925
label: Worn by
content: Eugene Harmond, American, born 1947
label: Designed by
content: Van Lupu, American
notes: label: Description
content: A multi-colored polyester Delta Air Lines uniform pocket square worn by Delta Air Lines first Black male flight attendant, Eugene Harmond.
label: Description
content: This pocket square features a burgundy field with a border of navy, light blue and white squares with a repeating pattern of small red-white-and blue shapes across the center and along the white square. There is a sewn-on double-sided tag in blue print that reads, “Design Accessories / FOR / DELTA AIR LINES” and “100% POLYESTER / MACHINE WASH GENTLE / MADE IN JAPAN”, respectively.
place: label: Place made
content: Japan, Asia
label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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 Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.50.1.5
objectType: label: Type
content: handkerchiefs
label: Type
content: uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 9 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (24.2 × 23.5 cm)