Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Matthew Shepard was a college student, targeted for being gay, robbed, and brutally murdered in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. Judy Shepard said that she and Matt liked to make a cornbread recipe together. He entered it and won a ribbon at the Casper fair.
- Purple ribbon for the Central Wyoming Fair in Casper, Wyoming. Paper entry form attached via yellow string for the. Form indicates the ribbon was awarded for a food entry to the fair.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dennis and Judy Shepard
- circa 1990
- ID Number
- 2019.0004.21
- catalog number
- 2019.0004.21
- accession number
- 2019.0004
- Object Name
- ribbon
- Physical Description
- fabric; cotton; paper; metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- ribbon: 6 1/4 in x 2 in; 15.875 cm x 5.08 cm
- entry form: 5 1/2 in x 3 in; 13.97 cm x 7.62 cm
- place made
- United States: Ohio, Norwalk
- used
- United States: Wyoming, Casper
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- LGBTQ Rights
- LGBTQ
- Gay Rights
- Record ID
- nmah_1935155
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-be2c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
