Boy's Blouse

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Boy's Blouse

Entry/Object ID

CW 865

Description

Shirt. Boy's blouse; white muslin; long sleeves; embroidered edge and bands. Worn by Cornelius Nolen Weygandt (1871-1957) as a boy. Fair condition. Circa 1880. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Worn by the donor's father or grandfather: both named Cornelius Nolen Weygandt. The grandfather (1832-1907), was president of Western Bank and a prolific diarist who wrote about Germantown. His son with the same name (1871-1957) was a University of Pennsylvania English professor . John McArthur Harris (1867-1948) was a prominent Philadelphia architect. "John McArthur Harris, nephew of architect John McArthur, Jr. and son of Stephen and Catherine McArthur Harris, was born in Pottsville, PA, attended Germantown Academy, and received his B.A. (1887) and M.A. (1890) from the University of Pennsylvania, also attending drawing classes at the Franklin Institute from 1888 to 1889. He worked for architect George Peterson from 1887 to 1889 and was employed by Wilson Bros. & Co. in 1889. Following the death of principal Joseph Wilson, that firm continued under the aegis of younger brother and engineer, Henry W. Wilson, along with Harris and Howard S. Richards, using the name Wilson, Harris & Richards. When Wilson withdrew from the firm in 1910, Harris & Richards continued, only dissolving when Richards retired in 1935. Harris did not retire himself until 1937. " (Source: Philadelphia Architects & Buildings: https://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/ar_display.cfm/24996)