Straw hat owned by Rosa Parks
date: label: Date
content: 1960s-1980s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Michelle
label: Owned by
content: Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Women In Community Service, founded 1967
notes: label: Description
content: A straw hat with a chiffon band (2018.31.4.2a) and pin (2018.31.4.2b) owned by Rosa Parks. The straw hat is light in color and has a brim that is longer in the front than in the back. The edge of the brim is fairly thick. Around the base of the hat is a cream colored chiffon band. The chiffon band is pinned with a Women In Community Service (WICS) metal pin that is gold in color. The pin is long and thin. The top of the pin has [Women In Community Service] arced over a circle with a tear drop shape at center. [WICS] is below the circle. The interior of the hat has white and red manufacturer's label reading [Michelle].
place: label: Place used
content: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.31.4.2ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
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: 2018.31.4.2a: straw and chiffon
label: Medium
content: 2018.31.4.2b: metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Hat (2018.31.4.2a)): 4 1/2 × 12 1/4 × 10 in. (11.4 × 31.1 × 25.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (Pin (2018.31.4.2b)): 3 × 1/2 in. (7.6 × 1.3 cm)