Object Details
- Physical Description
- Cream color cloth.
- Summary
- Stewardess
- Transcontinental and Western Air, 1935
- In 1935, Thelma Jean Harman became the first stewardess for T.W.A. She wore this summer uniform while flying aboard Ford Tri-Motors along T.W.A.’s “Lindbergh Line” from New York to Los Angeles. The stewardess badge on her coat was a later addition to the uniform.
- Gift of Thelma Jean Harman
- Credit Line
- Donated by Mrs. Thelma Jean Harman
- Inventory Number
- A19731205000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Uniforms: Civil
- Materials
- Organic Fiber Fabric
- Ferrous Alloy
- Non-Magnetic Metal
- Thread
- Dimensions
- Clothing (On Mannequin): 64 × 30 × 14cm (2 ft. 1 3/16 in. × 11 13/16 in. × 5 1/2 in.)
- Clothing (Folded in Storage): 63.5 × 45.7 × 1.3cm (2 ft. 1 in. × 1 ft. 6 in. × 1/2 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_A19731205000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9ec95cac5-db7c-4b54-b0e8-fe220b51a89f
