Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Trousers
Object Number:
1945.513b
Date:
1940-1945
Medium:
Wool, cotton, bone, metal, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 41 in. ( 6.4 x 36.8 x 104.1 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: inside, underside of right pocket lining: "Abel Smith / 2722 / 722 / 722 / 722"
Description:
Dark blue or black wool trousers; zipper fly with 2 buttons at the top; 7 belt loops around the waistband; horizontal slit watch pocket on the right beneath waistband, vertical slit pockets at the side seams, horizontal slit rear pockets which button closed; inside and pockets lined with white cotton, 6 buttons around the inside of the waistband.
Gallery Label:
These trousers are part of a uniform worn by Abel I. Smith, Jr., when he served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Credit Line:
Gift of Abel I. Smith, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
