Jacket, Flight Attendant, Capital Airlines

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Bond of Fifth Avenue

Physical Description

Blue-grey, wool blend, waist length, full lining, 6 buttons, epaulets, wide lapels, no collar.

Summary

Flight Attendant

Capital Airlines, 1955

Marcy Wetherbee wore this uniform while serving on Capital Airlines Vickers Viscount airliners.

Gift of Marcy Wetherbee

Inventory Number

A19880282000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Uniforms: Civil

Materials

Uncharacterized Fabrics

Uncharacterized Thread

Copper Alloy

Gold Alloy Plating

Dimensions

Clothing (On Mannequin): 42.5 × 39 × 17cm (1 ft. 4 3/4 in. × 1 ft. 3 3/8 in. × 6 11/16 in.)

3-D (Coat, Overall, Stored with Light Padding): 61.3 × 60.3 × 6.3cm (2 ft. 1/8 in. × 1 ft. 11 3/4 in. × 2 1/2 in.)

3-D (Badge): 6.2 × 0.5 × 2cm (2 7/16 × 3/16 × 13/16 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Location

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Exhibition

America by Air

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9bdcd420e-e43f-4a8f-9e00-ac1aa849308f

Record ID

nasm_A19880282000