- Manufactured by
- Converse, American, founded 1908
- Owned by
- Wallace, Herman, American, 1941 - 2013
- Subject of
- Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
- Date
- 2009-2013
- Medium
- canvas , cotton (textile) , metal and rubber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (left foot): 12 3/16 × 3 15/16 × 1 3/8 in. (31 × 10 × 3.5 cm)
- H x W x D (right foot): 8 1/4 × 4 × 1 1/16 in. (21 × 10.2 × 2.7 cm)
- Description
- A left (a) and right (b) pair of Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars sneakers worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana.
- The All-Stars sneakers are white with black accenting and constructed in the classic low top style. Both feet have white laces, silver grommets, tan footbeds, and dark brown outer soles. The brand name is printed on the soles and on the tongues are sewn a white ‘ALL STARS” logo tag. “ALL STARS” in black ink is printed at the back of one heel. On the bottom of the right shoe is the brand’s name mark and size: [CONVERSE / ALL STAR / 11 ½].
- Place used
- Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Herman Wallace Archival Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Type
- shoes (footwear)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maria Hinds
- Object number
- A2018.36.1.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Nike
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