Delta Air Lines luggage tag and business card for Eugene Harmond: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Delta Air Lines employee business card for flight attendant Eugene Harmond in a clear plastic luggage tag.

The small, rectangular card is printed in black ink on white card stock with the red and black Delta Air Lines "widget" logo in the top left corner. In small black text the card reads: [EUGENE R. HARMOND / IN-FLIGHT SERVICE COORDINATOR / IN-FLIGHT SERVICE / DEPARTMENT 610 / DELTA AIR LINE, INC. / P.O. BOX 20531. HARTSFIELD ATLANTA INT’L AIRPORT / ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30320]. The card is within a clear plastic luggage tag, with a flexible plastic tie attached through a hole at one end. There are no markings or inscriptions on the reverse of the card.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1991-2014
• Created by: Delta Air Lines, American, founded 1925
• Owned by: Eugene Harmond, American, born 1947
• Type: cards
• Medium: plastic
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (6.4 × 10.4 cm)
• Place depicted: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Aeronautics
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Transportation
• Topic: Travel
• Object number: 2018.50.15
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Casey Grant in honor of Patricia Banks Edmiston, Patricia Grace Murphy and Eugene Harmond
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Delta Air Lines Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.