Blue denim sleeveless shirt for the Black Stuntmen's Association: Museum Object and Cultural History
Blue denim sleeveless shirt for the Black Stuntmen's Association: Date: after 1967. Manufactured by: Port & Company, founded 1998. Subject of: Black Stuntmen's Association, founded 1967.
The object in the museum catalogue
Light blue denim sleeveless button-up shirt. The buttons are dark brown and tan, sewn on with white thread. Navy tag with red, white, and blue stitching sewn under the bottom button hole [P/A/GUARANTEED QUALITY]. There is a pocket on the left side. A circular patch is sewn above the pocket. The patch features the letters [BSA] in white on a black background in a center circle surrounded by a white circle with black lettering [BLACK STUNTMEN'S ASSOCIATION/HOLLYWOOD]. The outer border of the patch is black. The patch appears to have been sewn over another patch, the back of which is visible inside the shirt. The other patch features two black flags over red and yellow lettering [YSA/Motorsports]. Light blue, navy, and white tag sewn inside at the neck [C/PORT/and/COMPANY]. A second fabric tag, white with blue lettering reads [2XL/100% COTTON/MADE IN/BANGLADESH/RN 90836/CARE ON/REVERSE], with care instructions on the reverse side.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: after 1967
- Manufactured by: Port & Company, founded 1998
- Subject of: Black Stuntmen's Association, founded 1967
- Worn by: Willie Harris, American
- Type: shirts
- Medium: cotton (textile)
- Dimensions: L x W: 34 x 26 3/4 in. (86.4 x 67.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Film
- Topic: Hollywood (Film)
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: Professional organizations
- Topic: Race discrimination
- Object number: 2013.64.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Willie Harris
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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