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Pants

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Entirely hand-stitched boy’s knee pants made of blue windowpane check cotton. Buttonholes in the waistband that opens each side. One diagonal welt pocket on the proper left. Leg openings and side seams are finished with red blanket-stitched scallops.

G2004.076

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Child, Male

Historic Costume

Pants

Male

Cotton

White

1860

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