Museum object · Awards, Medals, and Insignia
Award for Delta Air Lines "Black History Tribute" presented to Eugene Harmond
2016
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
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 clear, acrylic Black History Tribute award presented by Delta Air Lines, to Eugene Harmond, Delta Air Lines' first Black male flight attendant. Mounted on a circular base, the rectangular award has an asymmetric top edge and features a design of a clear sphere mounted inside a circular hole within a white field of clear stars. At top right is [2016 / Black History / Tribute] and at center is [DELTA] with the Delta widget logo on one side and the Sky Team logo on the other, followed by [First African American / Male Flight Attendant / EUGENE / HARMOND / Atlanta, GA / 43 Years of Service / EST. 1973]. Another white field of stars is across the bottom of the award.
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Catalog reference: 2018.50.16
