dress, 1-piece
date: label: Date made
content: 1860-1865
notes: label: Description
content: This white cotton flag printed child’s dress was probably worn by a young boy during the years of the Civil War. Throughout the nineteenth century, infant boys wore dresses for several years and were then “breeched” with trousers to show a stage of growth and maturity in a young boy’s life.
label: Description
content: This patriotic dress was donned by a Northern boy’s family as it displays the American flag along with cannons. Although parents did not distinguish between young girls and boys dresses during the Civil War, these parents proudly showcased the allegiances of their family.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: depicted
content: Flags
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Heidi Fieldston
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0388.193
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0388.193
label: accession number
content: 1990.0388
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dress, 1-piece
label: Object Type
content: Girl
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
label: Object Type
content: Dress