Name/Title
WWI US Army uniform of Frederick C. Stolte, 1918Entry/Object ID
2015.86.2Description
ACC. NO. 15.86.2 A, B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: WW-I
DATE OR PERIOD: 1918
OBJECTS: UNIFORM, MILITARY
DESCRIPTION:
A MILITARY UNIFORM COAT, WITH MATCHING 3/4-LENGTH PANTS.
A.
UNIFORM COAT FRONT HAS 4 SEPARATE POCKETS. FLAPS ARE SECURED WITH MILITARY BUTTONS. INTERIOR OF COAT BENEATH THE LINING HAS THE ORIGINAL LABEL, WITH A CAPTION, "NEUSTADER & BROS., PORTLAND, OR. CONTRACTED JULY 10, 1918." CONTRACTOR FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPOT AND FRONT OF COAT ALSO HAS MILITARY BUTTONS OF PATINATED BRASS. COAT COLLAR HAS TWO ATTACHED INSIGNIA ONE HAVING THE LETTERS, " US:" THE SECOND HAVING AN INSIGNIA WITH A PROPELLER AND WINGS. EMBLEM WAS THE SPRUCE PRODUCTION DIVISION, U S ARMY.
B.
PANTS ARE THREE-QUARTERS IN LENGTH, WITH BUTTONS ON THE FLY. PANTS HAVE A HAND-PRINTED LABEL, " F STOLTE." OPENING OF THE LEGS ARE LACED.
HISTORY OF OBJECT: UNIFORM WORN DURING WWI BY FREDERICK C STOLTE, COUSIN OF WANDA STOLTE OF THE FEMALE PHOTOGRAPHERS SPENCER & STOLTE. MR STOLTE LATER BECAME A PROMINENT BUILDING CONTRACTOR AND WAS ALSO EMPLOYED BY WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, AS A CONTRACTOR.
DONOR: CAROL STOLTE PADEN
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 5, 2015Interpretative Labels
Label
1/12/2021 MvL: current sign:
WORLD WAR I
Army Jacket & Helmet
Worn by an Alameda resident
serving in the World War I
