QUEER We Do Recruit
QUEER / We Do Recruit
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- Description (Brief)
- Matthew Shepard was a college student, targeted for being gay, robbed, and brutally murdered in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. This is one of many T-shirts sent to the Shepards after their son's murder.
- Black short sleeved tee shirt, size L. Front of shirt features a pink and white graphic of a lit bomb with the word "QUEER" written on it in white print. Back of the shirt features a pink rectangle (perhaps a stylized ID card) with the words "WE DO / RECRUIT / QUEER STUDENT UNION / UCSB" printed in pink. University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- tee shirt
- date made
- circa 1999
- maker
- American Apparel
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 29 1/4 in x 34 1/2 in; 74.295 cm x 87.63 cm
- ID Number
- 2019.0004.04
- catalog number
- 2019.0004.04
- accession number
- 2019.0004
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dennis and Judy Shepard
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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