Denim shirt worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated
date: label: Date
content: 2009-2013
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1922
label: Owned by
content: Herman Wallace, American, 1941 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
notes: label: Description
content: A Dickies dark denim half-sleeve t-shirt worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana. The cotton and polyester blend shirt features a collar, two buttoned breast pockets, sleeve buttons, and six front buttons (one missing). There is an inscription on dark blue tape adhered beneath the proper right breast pocket. The word “HUNT” is printed in large orange ink horizontally across the back of the shirt. On the inside of the shirt, the signature Dickies red, yellow, blue and white patch-tag, sewn beneath the shirt’s collar, reads: [Dickies / 80% CCOTTON 40% POLYESTER / MADE IN PAKISTAN / CARE IN SIDE SEAM RN20697 / A LEGEND IN WORK].
place: label: Place used
content: Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Prisons
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Herman Wallace Archival 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 Maria Hinds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2018.36.1.19
objectType: label: Type
content: 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: ink on cotton (textile) and polyester
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 31 3/16 × 25 3/8 in. (79.2 × 64.5 cm)