{"id":4036,"date":"2013-11-01T06:30:17","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/?p=4036"},"modified":"2013-10-31T17:30:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T00:30:09","slug":"weekend-reading-smithsonians-101-objects-that-made-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/01\/weekend-reading-smithsonians-101-objects-that-made-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Reading: Smithsonian’s 101 Objects that Made America"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marian Anderson\u2019s Fur Coat (1939)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just a few days ago the new issue of Smithsonian Magazine<\/em><\/a> landed in my mailbox. The entire issue is dedicated to the 101 objects (out of the 137 million in the Smithsonian’s collection) that are the ‘most important’ in American history and culture (arguably, of course). More than a few objects of clothing and textiles made the cut.<\/p>\n

Each is accompanied by a small contextual essay and an illustration (usually a photograph of the actual object, but occasionally illustrations are included).<\/p>\n

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Neil Armstrong's Space Suit (1969)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some of the essays are written by surprising people. For example, Martha Stewart<\/strong> penned the essay on the Singer Sewing Machine and Justice Sandra Day O’Conner<\/strong> wrote the essay on her own judges robe.<\/p>\n

The essays are available in part or in full online, and grouped by theme: Wild America, Discovery, Voice, Power, Invention, Community, Happiness, America in the World, and Freedom. It’s a good issue and a unique look at the history of the U.S. The weekend’s approach is a good excuse to seek out the issue, sit down and read it (especially those for those with historical leanings).<\/p>\n

What articles of clothing would you have included that they left out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neil Armstrong’s Space Suit<\/a> (1969)<\/p>\n

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Lincoln\u2019s Top Hat (1865)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marian Anderson’s Fur Coat<\/a> (1939)<\/p>\n

Cesar Chavez’s Jacket <\/a>(c. 1990)<\/p>\n

Justice O’Connor’s Robe <\/a>(1981)<\/p>\n

Lincoln’s Top Hat <\/a>(1865)<\/p>\n

Singer Sewing Machine <\/a>(1851)<\/p>\n

Levi’s Jeans<\/a> (1873)<\/p>\n

Aids Quilt<\/a> (1987)<\/p>\n

Ruby Slippers<\/a> (1938)<\/p>\n

Michael Jordan’s Jersey<\/a> (1996-97)<\/p>\n

Muhammad Ali’s Gloves and Robe<\/a> (1974)<\/p>\n

World War I Gas Mask<\/a> (1917)<\/p>\n

U.S. Olympic Hockey Jersey<\/a> (1980)<\/p>\n

Star Spangled Banner <\/a>(1814)<\/p>\n

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For a special issue of Smithsonian Magazine, 101 objects were chosen to represent the American History-which includes articles of clothing, accessories, and flat textiles of significance. What did they get right and what did they leave out?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,93,37,91,4,1],"tags":[172,147,167,171,65,176,169,173,168,175,170,174],"coauthors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4036"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}