Two-piece brown wool wedding suit with Australian possum collar, 1921

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Alameda Museum & Meyers House and Gardens

Name/Title

Two-piece brown wool wedding suit with Australian possum collar, 1921

Entry/Object ID

1985.54.20

Description

Acc. No. 85.54.20 a & b Subject Category: Clothing Date or Period: 1921 Object: Suit (2 piece) Description: 2 piece brown colored wool suit with coat collar of Australian possum. Embroidered panels (slits) & pockets. Coat hem weighted with lead a. coat b. skirt History of Object: Wedding suit worn by Deborah Alberta Dickinson upon her marriage to Gardner C. Goldthwaite (born Alameda-May 19, 1894) on Sept. 20, 1921. Acquired from: Mrs. Gardner C. Goldthwaite Date: 10-26-1985 Moth hole front hem line