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Shirt
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Baby's shirt of yellowed white cotton, opening down back. Shirt sleeves cut in one with shirt front and backs; whiteworked strip inserted into seam at shoulders. Narrow bobbin lace runs around neckline and ends of sleeves. Hand-sewn.
2026.16.009
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Infant
Historic Costume
Shirt
Chemise
Unisex
Muslin
Cotton
White
Lace
Cotton
White
Haugh, Irene Lodaska Smith
Maker
1863 - 1863
19th Century
Inscription
Written on envelope that used to contain shirt
Made by Grandma Irene Hough. / First little shirt worn / by Mother C[eleste] F[rances] Drury / August 14, 1863 / Celeste Frances Hough
Pen and Ink
7-3/8 in
8.5 in around body
Drury, Celeste Frances Hough