Child's Half-Slip

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Child's Half-Slip

Entry/Object ID

CW 2759

Description

Underskirt. Child's underskirt or half-slip; white wool skirt attached to linen belly band; feather stitching on hem and center back. Worn by the donor's husband, Thomas Philip Haviland, circa 1897. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Wool

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Thomas, Philip Haviland Worn by Thomas Philip Haviland in 1897. Donor notes: The donor's husband, Thomas Philip Haviland, was a 1919 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received his doctorate in English in 1929. He served on the English faculty of the University of Pennsylvania beginning 1921. Haviland lived at 130 West Johnson Street in Germantown, Philadelphia. (Source: University of Pennsylvania: https://www.english.upenn.edu/people/faculty/in-memorium)