Prison issue baseball cap with black panther drawing worn by Herman Wallace
date: label: Date
content: after 1972
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Nissin Caps & Bags, American, founded 1995
label: Owned by
content: Herman Wallace, American, 1941 - 2013
label: Subject of
content: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
label: Subject of
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
notes: label: Caption
content: The hand-drawn black panther on this prison-issue cap is a marker of Wallace's identity as a Black Panther Party member and an open show of his solidarity and continued fight against racial injustice within the prison system.
label: Description
content: An off-white prison-issue baseball cap worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. The cap is personalized with a hand-drawn black panther on the right side of its bill. The plastic adjustment strap on the back of the cap bears the manufacturer’s mark “NISSIN”.
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: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
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
label: Movement
content: Black Power (Black Pride)
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: A2018.36.1.2
objectType: label: Type
content: baseball caps
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: cotton (textile) and plastic with ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 1/16 × 6 11/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.5 × 17 × 20.7 cm)