- Created by
- Unidentified
- Worn by
- Rideau, Wilbert, American, born 1942
- Subject of
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- 1970s
- Medium
- cotton and synthetic fiber blend denim with metal snaps
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (flat): 25 1/4 × 31 1/2 × 1 in. (64.1 × 80 × 2.5 cm)
- Description
- A light blue denim jacket worn by Wilbert Rideau while incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The cotton and synthetic fiber blend denim jacket has three-quarter length sleeves, a wingtip collar, and closes at the center front with five (5) metal snaps with a gemetric design stamped on them. There are two (2) diagonal welt pockets, one at each front side waist, and two (2) western patch pockets, onoe at each front side breast, with straight flaps that fasten with one (1) metal snap each. Decorative stitching, mostly in gold with some black thread, is sewn around the welt pockets and along either side of the front opening. The seams are also topstiched throughout. The jacket is not lined and there are no labels.
- Place used
- West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- jean jackets
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Justice
- Men
- Prisons
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wilbert Rideau and Linda LaBranche
- Object number
- 2016.139.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




