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SHIRT

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1940-1959

GUSN

GUSN-51825

Description

White; low standing collar; front panel is ribbed and rounded, stiff; 3 buttonholes, 1 hole collar front; 1 hole collar, back opening; french cuffs. Wrapped in packaging from laundry.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shirts
cotton (textile)
stitching
machine-made
industrialization
laundries (businesses)
manufacturing
Men's clothing
Hand Stitched
Manufacturing
Industrialization
Laundry
SHIRT

Inscription

Tags on neck: ""ARROW - WYNN"" and ""Francis Bacon Sears 3rd"" Stamp on body ""WYNN 1 14 2(superscribed) 34 19695"" Stamp on collar: ""5 20 14 2(superscribed) 4"" Packaging from laundry: ""Garden City Laundry/75 Adams St./Newton, MA""

People and Organizations

Garden City Laundry

Maker

Arrow (Maker)

Location of Origin

U.S.A.

Credit Line

Gift of Edwin Buckingham Sears

Accession Number

1987.592

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