Name/Title
Infant's ShirtEntry/Object ID
CW 765Description
Shirt. Off-white linen infant's shirt; woven pattern; shirt is T-shaped cut out from a square of cloth with a seam across the chest. Curved neckline and sleeve bottoms; bound collar. Shirt was made by Anna Canby Smyth who married David Smyth in 1815. Good condition. Circa 1820
The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper, was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey at her marriage to Edwin James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915.
Transcribed from original accession record.Collection
Germantown Historical Society ObjectsMade/Created
Date made
circa 1815 - circa 1820Place
* Untyped Place
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaProvenance
Notes
Shirt was made by Anna Canby Smyth who married David Smyth in 1815.
The donor, Emily Smyth Cooper (Johnson), was the daughter of Lucy Smyth and Howard M. Cooper of Camden New Jersey, who married James Johnson of Philadelphia May 8, 1915. Emily Smyth Cooper Johnson was a 1907 graduate of Bryn Mawr College. From 1911 to 1919 she served ad Chairman of Trustees of Camden Friends' School.