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Leather Jacket
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| Accession #: | 4289.1 |
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| Title: | Leather Jacket |
| Object Type: | Coat |
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| Physical Description: | Dark brown horsehide, long-sleeved, leather jacket with gold/brass colored zippers and pearlized green/orange satin lining. There are two angled side pockets and a zippered breast pocket on the proper left breast; the side pockets are lined with cotton linen. There is a white and brown fabric label at the back of the neck that says: "Sportclad - Genuine horsehair". |
| Description: | Teenagers wore the jeans and black leather jackets popularized on movie screens worldwide by James Dean and Marlon Brando. Vern Vandevanter courted his Lewis & Clark High School sweetheart and future wife Barbara wearing this cool leather flight jacket. In 1999, a curator found a love note he had written to her still tucked in the jacket's pocket. |
| Category: | Textiles |
| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Men (Men), Clothing (Personal Artifact), Outerwear (Personal Artifact->Clothing)
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| Geographical Reference: | Spokane (Washington->Spokane County) |
| Dimensions: |
chest 36" circumfrence
length, center back 24 3/4"
sleeve length 31" from center back to wrist
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| Materials/Techniques: |
leather (Material)
metal (Material)
satin ( |
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| Credit Line: | Gift of Valerie Wahl |
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