Suit, Jump
- Object Name:
- Suit, Jump
- Object ID:
- 2019.022.03
- Date:
- circa 1960
- Description:
- Jumpsuit, New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency, c. 1960. Orange cotton twill with black machine-embroidered lettering. "Civil Defense" in script on left chest. "NEW HAMPSHIRE" and Civil Defense radiation symbol on back. Zip front with one brass snap at top. Embroidered label in neck: "SETLOW / UNION 38 MADE / SANFORIZED / VAT DYED". Four pockets on front. Two pockets on back. Union label sewn in back right pocket. Stirrup strap on bottom of right leg; none on left leg.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-21 L-61 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by the donor, who began working for the New Hampshire Civil Defense Agency in the 1960s and became Acting Director of the New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management, which succeeded the CDA in 1987. From the CDA offices at the National Guard Armory in Concord.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Michael Nawoj
- Subjects:
- Emergency preparedness, Civil defense
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