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Hoop, Skirt

Object/Artifact

Hoop with 9 thin tapes, thin belt with tinned steel buckle “Patent applied for” - nicely covered hoops, 15 at bottom spaced closely, another 13 above more widely spaced. Train. Tape is stamped “Manufactured by H.I. Gedaly Red Hook NY”

G2003.133

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1865 - 1875

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

American

Hoop

Woman

Female

Tinned Steel

Train

H.I. Gedaly

Red Hook

NY

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