Shirt
- Object Name:
- Shirt
- Object ID:
- 2021.031
- Place of Origin:
- Leominster, MA
- Date:
- 1911
- Description:
- Shirt, man's. White cotton, pleated and starched. Folded and wrapped in brown paper, tied with string. Printed paper strip wrapped around shirt: "JOHN H. TOOF & CO. / CONCORD STEAM LAUNDRY / FINEST / FLEXIBLE / FINISH / GLOSS OR DOMESTIC / 16 School Street / CONCORD, N.H." Collar marked "EHS" in ink. Embroidered label in back of neck: "TRADE MARK / Cluett / CLUETT, PEABODY & Co." With printed sales slip: "THE REED LAUNDRY CO. / Concord, N. H.", dated April 18, 1911; customer: E. H. Stone, Dunbarton, NH; for one pleated shirt, 15 cents.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-19 W-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Shirt probably belonged to Earle Hildreth Stone (1884-1971), a dairy farmer in Dunbarton, NH. He was the son of James E. Stone (1854-1925), who was a cousin of Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981). He ran the family dairy farm, known as Stonehurst, that was previously owned by his father and grandfather, James H. Stone (1816-1895).
Cluett, Peabody & Co., headquartered in Troy, NY, had a factory in Leominster, MA. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Frances S. Devitt
- Subjects:
- Shirts, Laundries (Commercial establishments)
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