Name/Title
Flannel-lined Baby Jacket from the Smith family, c. early 1900sEntry/Object ID
1998.182.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.182.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLOTHING
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: COAT
DESCRIPTION:
FULL-LENGTH, HIGH-WAISTED BABY COAT OF HEAVY WHITECOLORED COTTON. ATTACHED BERTHA-STYLE COLLAR. MACHINE EMBROIDERY, WITH THE SAME PATTERN REPEATED IN LOWER PORTION OF COAT. GARMENT IS LONG-SLEEVED AND COMPLETELY LINED IN FLANNEL. THE UPPER PART OF THE COST IS SECURED WITH TWO BUTTONS.
SIZE: L 34"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
BABY JACKET OR COAT FROM THE JOSEPH AND MARGARET SMITH FAMILY. THE SMITH'S CAME FROM COLORADO IN THE 1940's. MR SMITH WORKED FOR THE ALAMEDA BRIDGE COMPANY, STARTIN 1943. HIS DAUGHTER, JUDITH SMITH, GRADUATED FROM ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1957 AND MARRIED THE DONOR.
DONOR:
TOM GREENE
CATALOGED: APRIL 4, 1998
