Lime green suit jacket and pants worn by Ira Tucker Sr.: Museum Object and Cultural History
Lime green suit jacket and pants worn by Ira Tucker Sr.: Created by: San Carlo, Italian. Worn by: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008. Subject of: Dixie Hummingbirds, American, founded 1928.
The object in the museum catalogue
A lime green suit with notched collar and lime green cloth-covered buttons. The buttonhole stitching is white. There is a label inside the jacket reading "San Carlo / ITALIA". It is lightly stained, most prominantly on the lapel.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Created by: San Carlo, Italian
- Worn by: Ira Tucker Sr., American, 1925 - 2008
- Subject of: Dixie Hummingbirds, American, founded 1928
- Type: suits
- Type: jackets
- Type: trousers
- Medium: cloth, linen
- Dimensions: H x W (jacket): 35 x 23 in. (88.9 x 58.4 cm)
- Dimensions: Inseam (pants): 30 in. (76.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Gospel (Music)
- Topic: Men
- Object number: 2013.13.35.1ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Ira Tucker, Jr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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