Boy's Suit

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Boy's Suit

Entry/Object ID

CW 262 a-b

Description

Suit. Boy's jacket (CW 262 a) and short trousers (CW 262 b) Both of huckaback; natural color background with colors running through; trimmed with braid on sleeves and bottom of short trousers; pearl buttons. Worn by Everett Anderson Schofield (1875-1930) his first suit. (Note: his first lost teeth are in pocket). Good condition. Circa 1881. Huckaback is dobby-woven cotton with a small textured pattern. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Cotton, pearl buttons