White suspenders worn by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
White suspenders worn by Cab Calloway: Date: 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pair of white suspenders worn by Cab Calloway. The suspenders are made of two straps of a white, stretchy, synthetic fabric with silver tone clips on each end to attach to the trousers. The straps of the suspenders are looped through a wide, clear, plastic adjuster at the back. All four straps have a flat metal loop on the ends that are attached to the silver tone clips. The two front straps have silver tone metal adjusters.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: tuxedoes
- Type: suspenders (garment supports)
- Medium: synthetic fiber with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D (flat): 35 1/16 × 2 13/16 × 5/16 in. (89 × 7.2 × 0.8 cm)
- Place made: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Costume
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Object number: A2015.273.1.30.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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