Coat, Flight Attendant, Colonial Airlines
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Brooks Uniform Co.
- Physical Description
- Green wool, with no collar. has cal stewardess badge.
- Summary
- Flight Attendant
- Colonial Airlines, 1950s
- Colonial Airlines broke with tradition in the early 1950s and began to serve alcoholic beverages on its New York–Bermuda flights. The rest of the industry quickly adopted this successful and profitable marketing tool. Celeste MacIvor wore this uniform as a Colonial flight attendant.
- Gift of Celeste MacIvor
- Credit Line
- Donated by Mrs. Celeste Maclvor
- Inventory Number
- A19750372000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Uniforms: Civil
- Materials
- Organic Fiber Fabric (Wool)
- Synthetic Fabrics
- Uncharacterized Threads
- Copper Alloy
- Gold Alloy Plating
- Enamel
- Plastic
- Dimensions
- Clothing (On Mannequin): 64.5 × 45 × 16cm (2 ft. 1 3/8 in. × 1 ft. 5 11/16 in. × 6 5/16 in.)
- 3-D (Coat, Stored with Light Padding): 66.7 × 63.5 × 8.9cm (2 ft. 2 1/4 in. × 2 ft. 1 in. × 3 1/2 in.)
- 3-D (Badge): 6.5 × 0.5 × 2.7cm (2 9/16 × 3/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- America by Air
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19750372000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96d6b06a1-2205-4760-a18b-ad4cacbcbe29
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