Manufactured by
Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1922
Owned by
Wallace, Herman, American, 1941 - 2013
Subject of
Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
Date
1993
Medium
ink on cotton (textile)
Dimensions
L x W: 40 9/16 × 18 11/16 in. (103 × 47.5 cm)
Inseam: 29 1/8 in. (74 cm)
Description
Light blue Dickies jeans worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison. The cotton jeans feature front and back pockets, belts loops, a hammer loop, button and zip fly. A small red Dickies logo patch is sewn on the back right pocket. A white fabric tag sewn into the bottom of the yoke at the front of the jeans reads: UPC / illegible / illegible / 1055 / MADE/HECHO FABRIQUÉ / Mexico/MEXICO/MEXICO / RELAXED FIT / 38X30 / 1993SNB / W21698112 / illegible / CARE ON REVERSE / MACHINE WASH WARM / DO NOT BLEACH / TUMBLE DRY [illegible] / WASH IRON [ illegible].
Place used
Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Herman Wallace Archival Collection
Classification
Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Type
jeans
Topic
American South
Clothing and dress
Men
Prisons
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maria Hinds
Object number
A2018.36.1.18
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58ca3e26d-ba6c-4d68-ac5c-7db87b1b0965

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