Jacket, Military

Object Name:

Jacket, Military

Object ID:

2001.017.01.1

Creator:

Harding Uniform & Regalia Company -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1899

Description:

Jacket, National Guard band uniform. Black wool jacket, lined with black polished cotton, sleeves lined in white cotton with multi-colored stripes. Stand-up collar has hook and eye closure with two hooks and eyes. White, sweat-stained piece of cotton basted to interior of collar. Exterior is covered in green cotton trim, 1.9" wide, with a herringbone weave, collar outlined in faded gold. Jacket has six button closure and one metal hook and eye at bottom of closure, five original buttons of wood and one plastic replacement. Buttons are hidden when jacket is buttoned Vents on either side of bottom edge with metal hook and eye closure. Back in three pieces with straight seam in middle from neck to bottom and side seams that curve toward each armhole.There are also seams along the back shoulders that run diagonally from the neckline to the armhole.Trimmed in black cotton with herringbone weave,1.25" wide, down front, around bottom, around side vents, along curved back seams and around sleeves 2.75" from the bottom edge. Trim around sleeves also has a green diamond pattern woven in. Three interior pockets. Cotton label under interior right breast pocket, black with yellow lettering: "HARDING / UNIFORM & REGALIA CO. / BOSTON."

Material:

Textile
Wool
Cotton

Dimensions:

W-21.5 L-30.5 inches

Provenance:

Ralph W. Holt of Nashua, NH (b.1883) was a building contractor. He served seven years in the N.H. National Guard and was chief trumpeter on the staff of General J. E. Tolles. He held ward and city offices, was a member of the Legislature of 1915, and a delegate to the 1918 N.H. Constitutional Convention.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary McEvoy Barrett

People:

Holt, Ralph (1883-1937)

Subjects:

Band uniforms