Man's Suit
date: label: date made
content: 1955
notes: label: Description
content: This 1955 suit is made of gray flannel with long, set-in sleeves on the jacket. The sleeves have three button closures at the hem edge. The jacket also features a notched collar with lapels, a buttonhole in the left only. Bound pockets with flaps over the openings are on the lower front, and a stand collar is on the upper left front. The jacket is unlined and has three gray button closures on the center front opening.
label: Description
content: The pants have side pockets at the upper front and bound pockets at the upper rear. The left rear pocket closes with a black button. A zippered fly opening with one black button closes the front, and there is one hook-and-eye closure in the waistband. Six black buttons are on the inner waistband, and the pants are cuffed, held in place by snap closures.
place: label: worn
content: United States: Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: American Enterprise
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dorothea S. Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0851.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0851
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0851.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: suit, 2-piece
label: Object Type
content: Entire Body
label: Object Type
content: Man
label: Object Type
content: Suit
label: Other Terms
content: suit, 2-piece; Entire Body; Main Dress; Male
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: center back of jacket: 31 in; 78.74 cm
label: Measurements
content: inseam of pants: 29 1/2 in; 74.93 cm