Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
- United States Army, American, founded 1775
- Description
- A square-shaped silk pillow sham used by the Tuskegee Flying School. The sham has an applique of American Eagle in red above a poem in blue edged with decorative tasseled edges. The poem beneath the eagle reads: [To my wife, a lovely darling little wife/ has made my dreams come true/ She's lightened all the cares of life/ her name my sweet is YOU. My memories are quite complete-You share in all I do/ My heart's a sanctum that I keep/ Reserved for thoughts of you].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1941-1946
- Object number
- 2012.46.57
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- pillow shams
- Medium
- silk (textile)
- Dimensions
- H x W (Without Fringe): 17 × 17 in. (43.2 × 43.2 cm)
- H x W x D (With Fringe): 19 3/4 × 19 1/4 × 1/2 in. (50.2 × 48.9 × 1.3 cm)
- Place depicted
- Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Families
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Military
- World War II
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.46.57
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cf17c0b5-0cbb-44c9-b6df-e98bc6dda7f8
