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Shirt
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely machine-stitched boy’s shirt made of cotton. Front decorated with 3 strips of bias twill-striped cotton. Center one trimmed with machine-lace. 2 China buttons. Fine cotton collar with square cutout at the center front. Square tails. No gussets. Small pleat below front panels; yoke with back gathered into it. Straight sleeves. A single button at the base of the cuff.
G88.182
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Child, Male
Historic Costume
Shirt
Male
Cotton
White
1855 - 1880