Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

1993.14.5

Description

Camp Fire Girls uniform dress. The uniform is a tan cotton shift dress trimmed with leather fringe on the sleeve seams and bottom hem. The dress is cut as a T with kimono-style sleeves. The center neckline has 6 METAL eyelets through which a leather cord is laced. A cotton label is sewn into the center back neckline that reads, "CAMP FIRE GIRLS / TRADE MARK", around a triangular logo of a W surrounded by the letters "WO / HE / LO".

Context

Camp Fire Girls uniform worn by Marion Shaw. The Camp Fire Girls was founded in 1910 in Thetford, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1993.14

Source or Donor

Johnston, Katharine Jean (1911-2010), Shaw, Agnes

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

also gift of Agnes Shaw.

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Made/Created

Date made

1917 - 1918

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Uniform

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

19-3/4 in

Length

44-1/4 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Camp Fire

Person or Organization

Shaw, Marion E. (1908-1987)

Related Places

Place

Town

Thetford

County

Orange County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America