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Shirt

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Machine-stitched boy's shirt made of cotton. The front is decorated with 3 strips of bias twill-striped cotton, the center is trimmed with machine-laced lace. 2 China buttons. Fine cotton collar with square cutout at the center front. Square tails; no gussets. Small pleat below front panels. Yoke, and back are gathered into it. Straight sleeves. A single button at the base of each cuff.

G88.183

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Child, Male

Historic Costume

Shirt

Male

Cotton

White

1862

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