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Wallet belonging to Harry T. Moore

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@ National Museum of African American History and Culture

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Description

Personalized pigskin wallet embossed with Harry T. Moore. This is a brown leather fold over wallet. Inside, it has two pockets in front and two interior pockets. There is also a bill fold running the length of the wallet. The bill fold and the interior pockets are lined with darker leather. One the right side, embossed in gold letters, is the name "HARRY T MOORE." Below in smaller letters, also gold, is embossed "Genuine Pigskin." The wallet fold is extremely worn and the surface of the leather is scarred and pitted.
Format:
Pigskin
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Juanita Evangeline Moore, daughter; "Skip" Pagan, grandson; and Darren Pagan, great-grandson
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Record Contributed By

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American
  2. African Americans
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Families
  5. Family
  6. Hate Crimes
  7. Men
  8. Moore, Harry Tyson
  9. Resistance
  10. Segregation
  11. Violence

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