Officer's shower sign printed by the United States Department of the Army
date: label: Date
content: 1947-1954
name: label: Printed by
content: United States Department of the Army, American, founded 1947
label: Used by
content: United States Army, American, founded 1775
label: Owned by
content: Gwendolyn Collins, American
notes: label: Description
content: An officer’s showers sign printed by the United States Department of the Army. The sign is printed on a piece of white rectangular Bristol board. Large, black, centered text at the top reads [SHOWERS]. Smaller black text printed below reads [White Officers] on the left, and [Colored Officers] on the right with downward and diagonally oriented arrows below pointing in left and right directions. Along the bottom edge of the sign is even smaller black text that reads [DEPT. OF THE ARMY] on the left, and [FORM # 11734], on the right. At the bottom center is a small, black, printed image of the Great Seal of the United States: a bald eagle with its wings displayed, holding a bundle arrows in its left talon and an olive branch in its right talon. In its beak, the eagle clutches a blank scroll. Over the eagle’s head there is a cluster of thirteen five-pointed stars surrounded by a ring of circular clouds. A vertically striped shield covers the eagle's breast. The seal is framed by a thin circle. The back of the sign is plain and white.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1945-1953
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
label: Exhibition
content: Double Victory: The African American Military Experience
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brian Turner from the Collection of John E. Collins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.84
objectType: label: Type
content: signs
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 bristol board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4 3/4 × 11 in. (12.1 × 28 cm)