Award for Delta Air Lines "Black History Tribute" presented to Eugene Harmond
date: label: Date
content: 2016
name: label: Created by
content: Delta Air Lines, American, founded 1925
label: Received by
content: Eugene Harmond, American, born 1947
notes: label: Description
content: A clear, acrylic Black History Tribute award presented by Delta Air Lines, to Eugene Harmond, Delta Air Lines' first Black male flight attendant.
label: Description
content: Mounted on a circular base, the rectangular award has an asymmetric top edge and features a design of a clear sphere mounted inside a circular hole within a white field of clear stars. At top right is [2016 / Black History / Tribute] and at center is [DELTA] with the Delta widget logo on one side and the Sky Team logo on the other, followed by [First African American / Male Flight Attendant / EUGENE / HARMOND / Atlanta, GA / 43 Years of Service / EST. 1973]. Another white field of stars is across the bottom of the award.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Aeronautics
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.50.16
objectType: label: Type
content: plaques
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Delta Air Lines
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on acrylic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 11 7/16 × 3 5/8 × 5/16 in. (29 × 9.2 × 0.8 cm)