Sujet

Pillow sham with Tuskegee Flying School poem, 1941-1946. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of primarily African American fighter and bomber pilots who fought in World War II. 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].

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_246

Model release

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

180,5Mo (11,9Mo) / 66,1cm x 68,5cm / 7802 x 8085 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal people black university romance education arts bird birds country flight eagle romantic museum color bird of prey fringed war text location Armed Forces century fabric aviation literature silk concept African American African-American 1940s afro-american raptor Army haberdashery warfare fringe Forties United States of America Colour United States Army poem poetry romancing 20th century fringes US Army heritage American America USA decade object united states flying school Unknown U.S. Army cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University pillow shams HBCUs Historically Black Colleges and Universities