Pair of “Chuck Taylor All Star” Converse sneakers worn by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Converse, American, founded 1908
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Chuck Taylor, American, 1901 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of size 8.5 “Chuck Taylor All Star” Converse sneakers worn by Cab Calloway. The exterior upper shoes are primarily constructed from black, cotton canvas and white rubber. The toe boxes are rounded. The shoes are double stitched with white thread around the outline of the lace guards and ankle collars. The center lines of the heels are reinforced with an additional strip of black canvas. The lace guards feature matching metal eyelets that are strung with flat, white, string laces. Stitched to the proper right side of the left shoe, and the proper left side of the right shoe, are white circular labels with a large, blue, five-pointed star at the center. Blue text printed above and below the star read [CONVERSE] at the top, and [ALL STAR] at the bottom. Printed in white text across the center of the star is cursive text that reads [Chuck Taylor]. The heels are constructed from white rubber. Adhered to the back of each heel is a rubber label with a blue rectangular field at the center surrounded by alternating white and blue bands of varying thicknesses. At the center of the blue field is a five-pointed star with white text that reads [ALL / STAR]. White text in the top left corner and the bottom right corner read [CONVERSE]] and [Chuck / Taylor], respectively. There are two smaller five-pointed stars in the bottom left and top right corners of the label and below the bottom right star is additional small white text that reads [MADE IN U.S.A.]. The shoes’ soles are brown rubber with a diamond pattern tread. On the soles, molded into the arch, is text that reads [Converse / ALL STAR / 8 1/2] with a five pointed star below the word [Converse]. The throat is solid black and the insoles are white with black text that reads [CUSHION / HEEL] and CONVERSE / COMFORT ARCH] at the heel and arch respectively. The shoes are lined with white canvas.
place: label: Place made
content: Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Basketball
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III 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 Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.18ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sneakers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Nike
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: canvas and rubber with cotton (textile) and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.18a): 6 1/8 × 4 1/8 × 11 7/8 in. (15.5 × 10.4 × 30.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.18b): 6 1/8 × 4 1/8 × 11 7/8 in. (15.5 × 10.4 × 30.2 cm)