Sujet

Commemorative denim vest with buttons assembled by Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, 1960s. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A denim vest with twenty-three pinback buttons pinned across the front. The vest is made of light blue denim. It has two front breast pockets with button flaps, and six buttons down the middle from collar to hem. There are horizontal seams across the chest at the top of the pockets, and two vertical seams extending from each pocket down to the hem. The hems along the collar, arm holes, and hem are frayed. The name "Mulholland" is sewn in at the collar. Joan Trumpauer Mulholland assembled the vest and buttons to commemorate her activism during the Civil Rights Movement.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_231

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

97,4Mo (5,4Mo) / 40,8cm x 59,9cm / 4814 x 7072 (300dpi)

Mots clés

education freedom country clothes museum color dress badge location century coat fabric jacket clothing concept badges denim African American African-American afro-american brand cut-off Sixties United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution rights 1960s Educational Institution activism 20th century civil rights Civil Rights Movement heritage American America USA anti-racist scientific institution object Levi's united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art Joan National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC SNCC Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee Joan Trumpauer Mulholland Mulholland Joan Mulholland Joan Trumpauer denim metal vests (main garments) Levi Strauss & Co Levi Strauss & Company Levi Strauss & Co.