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Shirt

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

late 18th / early 19th century

GUSN

GUSN-50459

Description

Long sleeve infant shirt with drawstring ties at the cuffs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shirts
cotton (textile)
Shirt
Shirt

Inscription

Back left of shirt, in pencil: ""1784"

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.488

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