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Costume Jacket

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1940-1970

GUSN

GUSN-173515

Description

Lightweight, blue cotton [cotton based on label, but looks like may be linen?] with low v-neck three pewter-colored metal buttons down the front, two v-shaped yellow "stripes" on the right sleeve, and a large number "25" stencilied on the back in red. There is one interior pocket on the left front. Two cotton tags are stitched in rear interior under collar.

Details

Descriptive Terms

jackets (garments)
fancy dress
cotton (textile)
plastic (organic material)
metal
Jacket

Inscription

"25" (Red painted stenciled)
"38" (Stitched in red)
"NRA / CODE / LICENSE NO. / MMH [in red ink] 720925" (Machine-printed blue and red)
"Cotton Garment Code Authority"

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Eliza Kimball, Helen Chase Kimball-Brooke, Mrs. H. Thomas Byron, Jr.

Accession Number

1993.164.2

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