Jacket
- Object Name:
- Jacket
- Object ID:
- 1985.020.02
- Creator:
- Baker, Samuel Hazen
Tailor - Place of Origin:
- Ashland, NH
- Date:
- 1865-1870
- Description:
- Jacket or blouse, child's. Black cotton knit. Long sleeves. Fourteen black buttons down front (plus one missing) and two buttons at back below waist. Similar to 1985.020.01 without pleats. 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
- Subjects:
- Jackets, Coats, Children's clothing and dress, Civil War
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