Jacket for the FAMU Marching Band
date: label: Date
content: 1970-1979
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Sol Frank Uniforms, Inc., American, founded 1951
label: Subject of
content: Florida A&M University, American, founded 1887
label: Worn by
content: Ernest Brown, American, born 1959
label: Owned by
content: William Patrick Foster, American, 1919 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: A Florida A&M University Marching Band jacket by SOL FRANK Uniforms, Inc. The green, orange, and off-white jacket, its colors representative of Florida’s agricultural industry, is constructed of one hundred percent wool, and features several University themed embellishments. The neck collar, supported internally by hard plastic, is primarily dyed green wool with an orange and off-white strip of cord running along its edge. At the front of the chest, starting from the top of the neck, orange fabric edged in thick green thread, and sewn diagonally, features the University white, green, orange, and black tribal patterned rattlesnake mascot. Large white patches with green embroidery that read FLORIDA / A&M are adhered to both outer shoulders. The buttons for the green, orange, and off-white shoulder straps are missing. Three embroidered patches of the rattlesnake line the orange area of the chest on both sides, and there is one rattlesnake patch on the wrist of the proper left arm. A black stitched outline of the mascot patch is present on the proper right wrist, where the patch is missing. The torso sides and outer arms of are green, the lower torso is off-white.
label: Description
content: The upper back of the jacket features a very large embroidered mascot patch, set against an orange wool fabric background that extends down each arm and over the rectangular area of the entire backside, to the hem. Green fabric takes up the abdominal sides of the jacket. Ivory color looped embroidery in fleur-de-lis shapes are sewn to the lower back, one on each side of the dividing seam that runs the entire length of the jacket. The fleur-de-lis rest at the top points of green filled obelisk outlines.
label: Description
content: The interior of the jacket is lined in a black synthetic material which shows extensive wear. An off-white fabric sewn-in tag at the bottom of the neck reads: [225 / Sol Frank / UNIFORMS, INC]. A second, large, off-white fabric sewn-in tag – located on the proper right breast – with red embroidered script reads: [SOL FRANK Uniforms Inc / SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS / AMERICA’S FINEST BAND UNIFORMS]. A third tag below the second, indicates the jacket’s owner and care instructions. A red dry cleaners tag [6063] is safety pinned to the proper right lower interior
place: label: Place made
content: Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Marching bands (Music)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Musicians
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Anthony Foster in memory of William P. Foster
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.94.5.2
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
label: Type
content: uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester, plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 33 1/2 × 18 in. (85.1 × 45.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Chest: 18 in. (45.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (Sleeve): 25 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (64.8 × 21 cm)