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Men's Sailor Costume Jacket

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1925

GUSN

GUSN-174113

Description

Man's fancy dress costume; short-cropped French-style sailor jacket; jacket is royal blue cotton trimmed at sleeves wtih band of white cotton; sailor-collar in white with stenciled nos. "25" on the back. Four large brass, shank buttons decorate front of jacket. No closures.

Details

Descriptive Terms

jackets (garments)
fancy dress
Men's clothing
Jacket

Inscription

"New Haven, Conn. / SIZE / 36 / LOT" (printed)
"34 / 17" (?)
"25" (Stencil)
"WATERBURY BUTTON Co." (impressed)

Maker

Waterbury Button Co. (Maker)

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1993.166.1

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