Boy's Vest

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Boy's Vest

Entry/Object ID

CW 2719

Description

Vest. Boy's vest; brown corded linen; front off-white; button opening up center back; lapels; double row of mother of pearl buttons. Circa 1900. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Linen; mother-of-pearl buttons

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Swain, Evelyn L., Isabel D. and Joseph Warner

Provenance

Notes

Donors, Evelyn L. Swain (born 1882) & Isabel D. Swain (Born 1892) were the daughters of Joseph Warner Swain (1849-1923). "SWAIN, JOSEPH WARNER (Swain Bros.), miners and shippers of coal; son of Anthony and Abby (Warner) Swain; born Bristol, Penna., June 25, 1849. Educated Friends' Central School, Phila. Married Jessie McKechnie; children. Evelyn, Warner, Alexander and Isabel. Established the firm of Swain Bros, 1871, and engaged continuously in the coal mining and shipping business since that date; Society of Friends. Republican. Clubs, Union League, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Germantown Cricket, Welcome Society, St. Andrews Society. Residence, Queen Lane and Stokley St., Germantown. Business address, Pennsylvania Bldg. Philadelphia, Pa.” Swain is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. (Source: http://poweltonvillage.org/interactivemap/files/3303race.htm)