Jacket
- Object Name:
- Jacket
- Object ID:
- 2022.024.14.1
- Date:
- 1940-1945
- Description:
- Uniform jacket, World War II. Part of uniform worn by James H. Tyrrell (1917-1996). Olive green wool. Brass buttons by Waterbury Button Company, Waterbury, CT. Four large brass eagle buttons. Four pockets, each with flap and small brass eagle button. Two shoulder straps, each with small brass eagle button. Rear waistband. Stamped in black ink on neck lining: "38-SHORT / TYRRELL JAMES".
- Material:
- Wool
- Dimensions:
- H-29.25 W-17 inches
- Provenance:
- Worn by James H. Tyrrell (1917-1996), son of Oscar S. and Lillian Hildreth Tyrrell of Cornish, NH. James was born in Hartford, VT, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II, writing many letters home to his mother. After his discharge with a disability, his parents returned to Cornish from Springfield, MA (where his father found good wartime employment), to look after him. Oscar and Lillian both passed away in 1962. James died in 1996 in Vermont.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mark Tyrrell Hooper and Mira Rapp Hooper in memory of our uncle James Hildreth Tyrrell
- People:
- Tyrrell, James H. (1917-1996)
- Subjects:
- World War II, Uniforms, Military uniforms
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