White t-shirt for the Human Relations Club worn by Wilbert Rideau
date: label: Date
content: 1961 - 2005
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Fruit of the Loom, founded 1851
label: Worn by
content: Wilbert Rideau, American, born 1942
label: Subject of
content: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
notes: label: Description
content: A white t-shirt worn by Wilbert Rideau while incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The cotton and polyester blend t-shirt has a printed design on the front chest in olive and yellow text that reads "HUMAN RELATIONS / CLUB" above an olive illustration of two hands bursting through brick walls to clasp together. Below the illustration is the word "Angola" in olive text. A fabric tag for Fruit of the Loom is sewn at the interior center back collar. The letter "W" is handwritten in black ink on the interior back collar above the tag.
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: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Poverty
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: 2016.139.11
objectType: label: Type
content: T-shirts
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 and polyester
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 28 1/2 × 34 1/2 in. (72.4 × 87.6 cm)