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Sable Fur Jacket

Object Details

Date
Between 1929 and 1979
Medium
fur, synthetic fabric, metal
Dimensions
23 13/16 × 20 7/8 in. (60.5 × 53 cm)
Sleeve: 20 7/8 in. (53 cm)
Caption
This sable jacket’s label identifies it as made by Gartenhaus Furs of Bethesda, Maryland. The initials monogramed in yellow script on the hip-length jacket’s brown satin lining belong to Dorothy Burnett Porter (1905-1995). The scholar-librarian graduated from nearby Howard University in 1928 and became the first African American to earn a master’s degree in library science from Columbia University in 1932. For over four decades, she worked to organize and develop an unparalleled collection rooted in African American history that would become the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University in Washington, DC.
Accession Number
1997.0020.0026
Type
jacket
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Anacostia Community Museum Collection
Data Source
Anacostia Community Museum
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl84f86a69f-a33c-4adc-95cd-255a97f2c371
Record ID
acm_1997.0020.0026
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