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Military Pants

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1860

GUSN

GUSN-91

Description

Navy blue with blue wool piping along pant leg seam; full cut; button front with placket; coin pocket and two side pockets with button flap; blue silk waist lining; buckle and strap closure; pant hem is lined with buckram.

Details

Descriptive Terms

trousers
military uniforms
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
Pants
Pants

Inscription

Handwritten in ink in watch pocket: ""Maj Savage 32 3/4"".

Additional Identification Number

1927.629A

Associated Events

Civil War (1861-1865)

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Mary Otis Porter

Accession Number

1929.627A

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