White tuxedo shirt worn by Cab Calloway

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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.

An off-white tuxedo shirt worn by Cab Calloway. The shirt has a stand-up wing collar and straight cut sleeves with French cuffs. The front panel, button band, and cuffs are made of a diaper patterned white fabric. The shirt closes at the center front with four (4) clear plastic buttons and three (3) black plastic studs. Each cuff has two buttonholes for attaching cuff links. A loop of white twill tape is sewn at the center back of the collar for securing a bow tie. The shirt is not lined. There is a manufacturer's tag at the interior center back neck made from off-white fabric with black embroidered text that reads "after Six / 16 1/2 / 34". An additional tag is sewn beneath the first with silver embroidered text reading, "PERMANENT PRESS / 65% DACRON POLYESTER - 35% COTTON".

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