Crew jacket from Buffalo Soldiers film production owned by stuntman Bob Minor

Source catalog description

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

A navy blue lightweight crew jacket from the production of the film, Buffalo Soldier. Collared, long-sleeve, black plastic zipper running down center with adjustable drag strings along bottom (with adjustments coming out from each side at the bottom center of the front of the jacket), with four large pockets with sewn down flaps: PL stomach, PR stomach, PL arm, and PR arm. Across the upper back, a strip of yellow shiny plastic is sewn on. Large pocket on reverse, with sewn down flap, with yellow emblem sewn into center (an oval with two diagonal crossing swords in the center with [10] above the swords, and [H] below, with [BUFFALO] above the oval and [SOLDIERS] below. Interior is same windbreaker material, maroon in color. Handwritten in black marker on the inside center reads [Bob Minor], underlined. Interior tag, white with black type, reads [FIVE PERCENT/LOS ANGELES].

Explore Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ↗