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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1920-1930

GUSN

GUSN-13214

Description

White; standing band collar; front oval placket with 3 buttonholes for studs; long sleeves with buttonholes for studs; cotton tape tab at collar front; French cuffs; starched.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shirts
cotton (textile)
stitching
Shirt
Shirt

Inscription

Woven label in blue on neck: ""Hewins & Hollis/Inc./Boston"" Laundry marks ""C (or ""["") 842"" ""4/31"" Monogram in red on front: ""H C"" In pencil on front: ""4""

Associated Building

Used At Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Hewins & Hollis Inc (Maker)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6765

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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