Pillow sham with Tuskegee Flying School poem
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1946
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
label: Subject of
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
notes: label: Description
content: A square-shaped silk pillow sham used by the Tuskegee Flying School. The sham has an applique of American Eagle in red above a poem in blue edged with decorative tasseled edges. The poem beneath the eagle reads: [To my wife, a lovely darling little wife/ has made my dreams come true/ She's lightened all the cares of life/ her name my sweet is YOU. My memories are quite complete-You share in all I do/ My heart's a sanctum that I keep/ Reserved for thoughts of you].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: World War II
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.46.57
objectType: label: Type
content: pillow shams
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: silk (textile)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Without Fringe): 17 × 17 in. (43.2 × 43.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (With Fringe): 19 3/4 × 19 1/4 × 1/2 in. (50.2 × 48.9 × 1.3 cm)