Man's Vest

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Man's Vest

Entry/Object ID

CW 696

Description

Vest. Man's black formal vest; off-white satin lapels; cross-hatched lining; red dye staining (reportedly from red suspenders). Worn by Lester Smith. Fair condition. Name on maker's tag: J. H. Houston 10/18/32. Tag on back of belt reads: "Hughes & Miller, Phila., est. 1845." Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Label/Inscription/Signature

Notes

Tag on back of belt reads: "Hughes & Miller, Phila., est. 1845." Name on maker's tag: J. H. Huston 10/18/32.

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Worn by Lester Smith Lawrence M.C. Smith and his wife, the former Eleanor Houston, lived in what is now called the Smith house on School House Lane, on the campus of Philadelphia University. Lawrence M.C. Smith owned Radio Station WFLN and Eleanor was the Granddaughter of Henry Howard Houston, executive of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Her father, Samuel Frederick Houston, developed much of Chestnut Hill. (Source" Freeport [Maine] Historical Society: http://freeporthistoricalsociety.org/eleanor-houston-and-lawrence-mc-smith)