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Created by:

Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005  Search this

Subject of:

Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007  Search this

Medium:

synthetic fiber and metal

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 47 1/2 × 16 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (120.7 × 42.5 × 3.2 cm)

Chest: 40 in. (101.6 cm)

Waist: 28 1/4 in. (71.8 cm)

Hem circumference: 78 in. (198.1 cm)

Belt: 2 3/4 × 33 1/4 × 3/8 in. (7 × 84.5 × 1 cm)

Type:

dresses

Place made:

Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1955 - 1956

Topic:

African American  Search this

American South  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Clothing and dress  Search this

Resistance  Search this

Segregation  Search this

U.S. History, 1953-1961  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane

Object number:

2007.3.1ab

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Collection title:

Black Fashion Museum Collection

Classification:

Clothing-Historical

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Exhibition:

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ad115fb9-8591-47e8-b052-f35fdafbb604

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2007.3.1ab