Hoop Undergarment

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

W.T. Hopkins Champion Skirts, Philadelphia

Name/Title

Hoop Undergarment

Entry/Object ID

CW 473

Description

Hoop Undergarment. Wire Hoop with extra bend at derriere. Label: "Hopkins Champion Skirts" Good condition. Circa 1860 Transcribed from Original Accession Record

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Label/Inscription/Signature

Notes

Label: "Hopkins Champion Skirts"

Provenance

Notes

W. T. Hopkins Champion Skirts Manufacturing Company operated at 133 North Eighth Street, Philadelphia. The company manufactured corsets and undergarments.