Jacket
- Object Name:
- Jacket
- Object ID:
- 1985.020.01
- Creator:
- Baker, Samuel Hazen
Tailor - Place of Origin:
- Ashland, NH
- Date:
- 1865-1870
- Description:
- Jacket (or blouse), child's. Black cotton knit. Smocked front. Long sleeves. Fourteen black, covered buttons down front. Pleated lapel area and stand-up collar. Two buttons at back peplum. Found in the Samuel Hazen Baker house, possibly made after the Civil War for orphans in the South.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Provenance:
- Found by donor in the Samuel Hazen Baker house, Ashland, NH, built 1841. Hundreds of black jackets were found in the house, indicating that Baker manufactured them after the Civil War for orphans in the South.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Edna R. Emersoon
- People:
- Baker, Samuel
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