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Object Name:
Uniform
Object ID:
2004.043.166.2
Place of Origin:
Chicago, IL
Date:
1920-1925
Description:
Pants (knickers), baseball uniform, wool. Gary with blue pinstripes; four button closure; right rear pocket (top-stitched). Label, inside waistband (embroidered): "SPORTING & ATHLETIC GOODS/THOS. E. WILSON & CO./CHICAGO/U.S.A./MANUFACTURERS". With non-conforming belt: black leather with metal buckle inscribed "E". Part of uniform worn by Raymon S. Vaughan (1878-1958) of Portsmouth, NH, member of the Portsmouth Navy Yard team.
Material:
Textile
Dimensions:
H-28.5 W-25 inches
Provenance:
From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.

Raymon S. Vaughan (1878-1958), father of donor, was a machinist at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and managed the Yard's baseball team. He moved from Penacook to Portsmouth in 1917, and retired from the Yard in 1940.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
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