belt
date: label: Date made
content: 1963-1968
name: label: used by
content: Booth, Virginia
label: maker
content: Thom Hird
label: maker
content: Thom Hird
notes: label: Description
content: Light brown ostrich texture; white thread hand-stitching along edges; curved, contoured shaped; constructed of two bands: right band overlaps at center back, curved overlap end is slightly offset so that corner sticks down; opposite right end has squared-off point and holes; left end has brass buckle with thicker, curved sides, and band keeper; lined
label: Description
content: Marks: Tom Hird
label: Description
content: Donor Virginia "Jimmie" Booth was a buyer for Lord & Taylor and was involved in Lord & Taylor's American Look program of the 1930s to 60s. Booth had a very large collection of leather belts to accesorize most of her clothes. Archival materials from Booth can be found in Archives Center collection NMAH.AC.0729.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia W. Booth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.0093.036
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Belt
label: Object Type
content: Accessories Worn on the Body
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Belt
label: Object Type
content: Waistwear
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 1/4 in x 2 in; 76.835 cm x 5.08 cm