Coat
- Object Name:
- Coat
- Object ID:
- 2024.001
- Creator:
- Globe Manufacturing Company -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Pittsfield, NH
- Date:
- 1920-1929
- Description:
- Chore Coat. Blue and white checkered lightweight chore coat with front pockets at the waist and one chest pocket. Made by the Globe Manufacturing Company of Pittsfield, New Hampshire, probably in the 1920s. Metal buttons marked, "GLOBE PITTSFIELD, N.H." Coat from the Albert Bachelder estate in Loudon (corner of Route 129 and road to Pittsfield). Possibly worn by Clarence Bachelder (1911-1973), Albert Bachelder (1914-1993), or their father, John Edwin Bachelder (1870-1956).
- Material:
- Fabric
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-28 W-45 inches
- Provenance:
- According to a family genealogy, Abraham Batchelder (b.1721) of Exeter, NH, moved with his family to Loudon, NH, in 1763. His son, Abraham Batchelder (1744-1836), married Anna Judkins (1750-1836) on May 7, 1772 in Loudon. They cleared a farm, built a house, and raised a family at Loudon Center. This coat comes from the estate of Albert Bachelder (1914-1993). Albert was the last of the Bachelders to live a the family farm started in the 1760s.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- People:
- Bachelder, Albert (1914-1993), Bachelder, Clarence (1911-1973), Bachelder, John Edwin (1870-1956)
- Subjects:
- Textile industry, Textile production, Textiles
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