FAMU Marching Band jacket

Object Details

Manufactured by

Sol Frank Uniforms, Inc., American, founded 1951

Subject of

Florida A&M University, American, founded 1887

Worn by

Ernest Brown, American, born 1959

Owned by

William Patrick Foster, American, 1919 - 2010

Description

A Florida A&M University Marching Band jacket by SOL FRANK Uniforms, Inc. The green, orange, and off-white jacket, its colors representative of Florida’s agricultural industry, is constructed of one hundred percent wool, and features several University themed embellishments. The neck collar, supported internally by hard plastic, is primarily dyed green wool with an orange and off-white strip of cord running along its edge. At the front of the chest, starting from the top of the neck, orange fabric edged in thick green thread, and sewn diagonally, features the University white, green, orange, and black tribal patterned rattlesnake mascot. Large white patches with green embroidery that read FLORIDA / A&M are adhered to both outer shoulders. The buttons for the green, orange, and off-white shoulder straps are missing. Three embroidered patches of the rattlesnake line the orange area of the chest on both sides, and there is one rattlesnake patch on the wrist of the proper left arm. A black stitched outline of the mascot patch is present on the proper right wrist, where the patch is missing. The torso sides and outer arms of are green, the lower torso is off-white.

The upper back of the jacket features a very large embroidered mascot patch, set against an orange wool fabric background that extends down each arm and over the rectangular area of the entire backside, to the hem. Green fabric takes up the abdominal sides of the jacket. Ivory color looped embroidery in fleur-de-lis shapes are sewn to the lower back, one on each side of the dividing seam that runs the entire length of the jacket. The fleur-de-lis rest at the top points of green filled obelisk outlines.

The interior of the jacket is lined in a black synthetic material which shows extensive wear. An off-white fabric sewn-in tag at the bottom of the neck reads: [225 / Sol Frank / UNIFORMS, INC]. A second, large, off-white fabric sewn-in tag – located on the proper right breast – with red embroidered script reads: [SOL FRANK Uniforms Inc / SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS / AMERICA’S FINEST BAND UNIFORMS]. A third tag below the second, indicates the jacket’s owner and care instructions. A red dry cleaners tag [6063] is safety pinned to the proper right lower interior

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Anthony Foster in memory of William P. Foster

1970-1979

Object number

2019.94.5.2

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Type

costume

jackets

uniforms

Medium

polyester, plastic and metal

Dimensions

L x W: 33 1/2 × 18 in. (85.1 × 45.7 cm)

Chest: 18 in. (45.7 cm)

L x W (Sleeve): 25 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (64.8 × 21 cm)

Place made

Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Clothing-Costume

Exhibition

Musical Crossroads

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Clothing and dress

Education

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)

Marching bands (Music)

Music

Musicians

Record ID

nmaahc_2019.94.5.2

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cc975bef-678d-4328-b062-9c0995360692