- On View
- Segregation Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Manufactured by
- Michelle
- Owned by
- Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005
- Subject of
- Women In Community Service, founded 1967
- Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Medium
- 2018.31.4.2a: straw and chiffon
- 2018.31.4.2b: metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (Hat (2018.31.4.2a)): 4 1/2 × 12 1/4 × 10 in. (11.4 × 31.1 × 25.4 cm)
- L x W (Pin (2018.31.4.2b)): 3 × 1/2 in. (7.6 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- A straw hat with a chiffon band (2018.31.4.2a) and pin (2018.31.4.2b) owned by Rosa Parks. The straw hat is light in color and has a brim that is longer in the front than in the back. The edge of the brim is fairly thick. Around the base of the hat is a cream colored chiffon band. The chiffon band is pinned with a Women In Community Service (WICS) metal pin that is gold in color. The pin is long and thin. The top of the pin has [Women In Community Service] arced over a circle with a tear drop shape at center. [WICS] is below the circle. The interior of the hat has white and red manufacturer's label reading [Michelle].
- Place used
- Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- hats
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2018.31.4.2ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.