Raincoat worn by Melody Starya Mobley

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 raincoat worn by Melody Starya Mobley while serving as a forester in the United States Forest Service. The medium sized, neoprene raincoat is solid yellow with four (4) snap buttons down the front and additional snap button posts around the collar to attach a hood. There are green paint splotches on left arm and back shoulder. The interior of the coat is tan. Black, ribbed fabric lines inside of the collar. A green stamp inside and just below the collar reads [0 3 [?] M / NEOPRENE]. Both sleeve cuffs and the bottom seam have blank ink stamps that read [09550236].

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