Coat, Johnny Cash - "A Gunfight"
Object number2011.001.03.2
Date1971
MediumCotton
Dimensions36 x 33 in. (91.4 x 83.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
DescriptionJacket worn by Johnny Cash in the 1971 movie "A Gunfight." The movie starred Cash and Kirk Douglas and was made by Paramount Pictures.Johnny Cash was born John R. Cash on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, and raised in Dyess, Arkansas. Nicknamed “The Man in Black," Cash was a singer/songwriter, actor, and author (writing two autobiographies). He acted in both movies and television (including his own variety show, "The Johnny Cash Show"). Cash died September 12, 2003.
Black distressed cotton. The coat has four wooden buttons and two front pockets.
Status
Not on view
