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
2009-2013
Medium
ink on cotton (textile) and polyester
Dimensions
L x W: 31 3/16 × 25 3/8 in. (79.2 × 64.5 cm)
Description
A Dickies dark denim half-sleeve t-shirt worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana. The cotton and polyester blend shirt features a collar, two buttoned breast pockets, sleeve buttons, and six front buttons (one missing). There is an inscription on dark blue tape adhered beneath the proper right breast pocket. The word “HUNT” is printed in large orange ink horizontally across the back of the shirt. On the inside of the shirt, the signature Dickies red, yellow, blue and white patch-tag, sewn beneath the shirt’s collar, reads: [Dickies / 80% CCOTTON 40% POLYESTER / MADE IN PAKISTAN / CARE IN SIDE SEAM RN20697 / A LEGEND IN WORK].
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
shirts
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
A2018.36.1.19
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f2cf8cf5-bca4-499f-b8ff-661e477a983f

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