Wallet belonging to Harry T. Moore
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Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Harry Tyson Moore, American, 1905 - 1951
- Description
- Personalized pigskin wallet embossed with Harry T. Moore. This is a brown leather fold over wallet. Inside, it has two pockets in front and two interior pockets. There is also a bill fold running the length of the wallet. The bill fold and the interior pockets are lined with darker leather. One the right side, embossed in gold letters, is the name "HARRY T MOORE." Below in smaller letters, also gold, is embossed "Genuine Pigskin." The wallet fold is extremely worn and the surface of the leather is scarred and pitted.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Juanita Evangeline Moore, daughter; "Skip" Pagan, grandson; and Darren Pagan, great-grandson
- early to mid 20th century
- Object number
- 2013.157.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- pigskin
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4 5/16 x 3 1/4 x 3/8 in. (11 x 8.3 x 1 cm)
- Place collected
- New Carrollton, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Mims, Brevard County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Families
- Hate crimes
- Men
- Resistance
- Segregation
- Violence
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.157.3
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59030f1ee-b4f2-4d06-9ca4-fae21cae88d2
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