Hawaiian shirt worn by Tom Selleck on <i>Magnum P.I.</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 1980s
label: date made
content: before 1980
name: label: user
content: Selleck, Tom
notes: label: Description
content: Hawaiian shirt worn by Tom Selleck in the role of Thomas Sullivan Magnum on the television series <i>Magnum P.I.</i> The short-sleeved rayon shirt is printed with a colorful parrot and tropical foliage pattern on a red field, and has carved wood buttons.
label: Description
content: The crime drama series <i>Magnum P.I.</i> aired on CBS from 1980-1988, and followed the titular private investigator's detective work on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Magnum was a veteran of the United States Navy who served as a Navy SEAL and intelligence officer during the Vietnam War, and the series was lauded for its depiction of Vietnam veterans' successful post-war careers and lives. Selleck won the 1984 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Magnum, and the show was a popular success, regularly ranking in the top twenty programs on television in the United States during its run.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Television
label: general subject association
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Tom Selleck and Universal Pictures
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0409.03
label: accession number
content: 1988.0409
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0409.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shirt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: buttons (overall connector/connecting technique)
label: Physical Description
content: rayon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 1/2 in x 24 in; 77.47 cm x 60.96 cm