Pair of leather gloves owned by Tuskegee Airman Woodrow Crockett
date: label: Date
content: 1940-1945
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Aris Gloves, Inc., American, 1921 - 1921
label: Owned by
content: Woodrow W. Crockett, American, 1918 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Airmen, 1941 - 1946
notes: label: Caption
content: These flying gloves belonged to Tuskegee Airman Woodrow Crockett, who served with the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, also known as the “Red Tails.”
label: Description
content: Brown leather gloves. Identical white type appears on top of each glove and reads, [ARMY AIR FORCES / TYPE B-3A / SPEC. NO. 3176 C / CLASS P-PIQUE SEWN / SIZE 11 / AAF STOCK NO. 8300-298316 / ORDER NO. (33-038)45-8385-AF / ARIS GLOVES, INC.].
place: label: Place used
content: Italy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Tuskegee Airmen
label: Topic
content: World War II
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Military Uniforms
label: Exhibition
content: Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Crockett Living Trust dtd May 9, 2002
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.78.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: gloves
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: leather
label: Dimensions
content: 2013.78.1a: 9 3/16 x 5 1/2 x 5/8 in. (23.3 x 14 x 1.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: 2013.78.1b: 9 1/2 x 5 x 7/16 in. (24.1 x 12.7 x 1.1 cm)