Morgan Freeman's <i>Glory</i> hat
name: label: wearer
content: Freeman, Morgan
label: maker
content: C & D Jarnagin Co Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Sergeant Major's hat worn by Morgan Freeman in the 1989 biographical drama <i>Glory</i>. This is the first film to illustrate the involvement of African American soldiers in the Civil War. The movie follows the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the first African American Union regiment organized in the North during the Civil War, and culminates in the Battle at Fort Wagner. Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, and Cary Elwes star in this film.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Mississippi, Corinth
topic: label: Subject
content: Movie
label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Movies
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Paul Culberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0279.02
label: accession number
content: 1991.0279
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0279.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (buckle; pins material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (bill material)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (hatband material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 11 in x 8 in; 12.7 cm x 27.94 cm x 20.32 cm