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SHIRT

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1940-1959

GUSN

GUSN-51826

Description

White; low standing collar; open back with buttonholes; 1 hole at neck front; front panel is ribbed, rounded and stiff; french cuffs; still wrapped in laundry wrappings.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

Tag on collar: ""ARROW - SANFORIZED"" Stamp on collar: ""14 2(superscribed)-3"" and ""3B389"" Stamp on lower front hem: ""MITDGA KIRK 5 1566 14 2(superscribed) 33"" (MITOGA?) Laundry wrapping: ""NEW ENGLAND LAUNDRIES, INC""

People and Organizations

New England Laundries, Inc.

Maker

Arrow (Maker)

Location of Origin

U.S.A.

Credit Line

Gift of Edwin Buckingham Sears

Accession Number

1987.593

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