Yellow dress shirt worn by Charley Pride

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This yellow nylon dress shirt was worn by Charley Pride and tailored for him by Machin. The shirt has a standard collar and full-length sleeves. It closes at the center front with seven (7) round pearlized white plastic buttons. The cuff of each sleeve closes with one (1) of the same buttons. The shirt is not lined. A white fabric label with blue machine-embroidered text is sewn at the interior center back neck that reads "TAILORED ESPECIALLY FOR / CHARLEY PRIDE / Machin / SHIRTMAKER / LOS ANGELES / JULY 1972".

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