Boxer shorts owned by Herman Wallace while incarcerated

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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.

White boxer shorts worn by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Louisiana. On the interior of the boxer shorts is a wide piece of dark blue painter’s tape with handwriting that reads: [Included these because / this label is interesting]. Near the blue tape is sewn a small white paper size tag, which reads: [MADE IN U.S.A. / BY LDPS & C / PRISON / ENTERPRISES].

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