Belt buckle from Norma Rae film production presented to Bob Minor: Museum Object and Cultural History
Belt buckle from Norma Rae film production presented to Bob Minor: Date: 1978-1979. Created by: Hit Line USA. Owned by: Bob Minor, American, born 1944.
The object in the museum catalogue
A silver belt buckle, rectangular with rounded edges. Decorated like a strip of film (squares along top and bottom like edges of film), with [ALABAMA / FILM COMMISSION / NORMA RAE] in relief in the center. The back is the loop and hook style buckle, silver. Etched into the top back reads [107], and a logo for Hit Line U.S.A. at the bottom, also etched. Handwritten with black ink on reverse reads [BOB MINOR].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1978-1979
- Created by: Hit Line USA
- Owned by: Bob Minor, American, born 1944
- Commissioned by: Alabama Film Office, American
- Type: buckles (strap accessories)
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/8 × 3 5/16 × 3/4 in. (5.4 × 8.4 × 1.9 cm)
- Place used: Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Actors
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Hollywood (Film)
- Topic: Labor
- Object number: 2014.303.4
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bob Minor, Stuntman, Stunt Coordinator, 2nd Unit Director, Actor
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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