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White cotton. Narrow band collar with buttonhole at center back and both sides of front. Small loop at center back and left front. Five small white buttons down center front, six buttonholes. Five flat pleats to waist on either side of front. Two long sleeves with French cuffs. Tucks at elbows. Small white button in sleeve placket.
shirts
cotton (textile)
Shirt
Shirt
1) Woven label inside collar - monogram - red lettering on white silk: ""CH"" (H is superimposed over the C). 2) Woven label inside collar: store label - red on white silk: ""C. F. Hovey Co./Boston"". 3) Black ink stamp inside collar: (size): ""15 34"" 4) Black ink stamp lower left shirt tail (size?): ""553/15 34/129 9""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7218
Massachusetts (United States)
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