T-shirt from the Prince Rally 4 Peace concert in Baltimore: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A gray t-shirt with an image of Prince on the front. The stylized image of Prince is similar to his HITnRUN Phase One and HITnRUN Phase Two album covers and depicts Prince with an afro, mustache and goatee, gold chain and sunglasses. Yellow lettering at the bottom of the t-shirt reads “BALTIMORE.” Yellow lettering on the back of the t-shirt reads “PRINCE / BALTIMORE / SUNDAY MAY 19, 2015.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Distributed by: 3rdEyeGirl.com, American, founded 2013
• Manufactured by: Bella + Canvas
• Subject of: Prince, American, 1958 - 2016
• Type: T-shirts
• Medium: cotton
• Dimensions: H x W (flat): 30 11/16 × 32 11/16 × 3/16 in. (78 × 83 × 0.5 cm)
• Place collected: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Popular music
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2015.154.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dorothy and Eugene Bryant
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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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: © Paisley Park/NPG Records/PRN Estate Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.