Crew jacket from Buffalo Soldiers film production owned by stuntman Bob Minor: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A navy blue lightweight crew jacket from the production of the film, Buffalo Soldier. Collared, long-sleeve, black plastic zipper running down center with adjustable drag strings along bottom (with adjustments coming out from each side at the bottom center of the front of the jacket), with four large pockets with sewn down flaps: PL stomach, PR stomach, PL arm, and PR arm. Across the upper back, a strip of yellow shiny plastic is sewn on. Large pocket on reverse, with sewn down flap, with yellow emblem sewn into center (an oval with two diagonal crossing swords in the center with [10] above the swords, and [H] below, with [BUFFALO] above the oval and [SOLDIERS] below. Interior is same windbreaker material, maroon in color. Handwritten in black marker on the inside center reads [Bob Minor], underlined. Interior tag, white with black type, reads [FIVE PERCENT/LOS ANGELES].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1996-1997
• Created by: Five Percent
• Owned by: Bob Minor, American, born 1944
• Type: jackets
• Medium: nylon, leather, thread, plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D (On form): 35 × 33 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (88.9 × 85.1 × 47 cm)
• Place used: Arizona, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Buffalo Soldiers
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Television
• Object number: 2014.303.5
• 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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