trousers
date: label: Date made
content: 1880-1920
label: associated date
content: 1880-1920
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Trousers, Boy's Black Trousers (26) Lower Body; made out of wool has black 4 buttons at front waist, 3 of black wood, all different, and one of oxidized metal; slant-edged seam pockets at right & left front; iridescent button on each side of center back; small opening in center front seam, near crotch; 2 iridescent buttons decorate each side seam near leg bottoms; welt side seams; pants lined in coarse cotton plaid of black, brown, yellow and white; leg bottom inside facing of coarse blue and white cotton, over turned under blackedge and lining; measure 18 3/4" (47 7/10cm.) from waistline to leg bottom.
label: Description
content: Bought by donor (antique dealer) at auction in Rocksville, Maryland. Seems to be worn by the same boy as .10-.13 at different ages. Homemade. In classic "Mother Hubbard" style.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: purchased
content: United States: Maryland, Rockville
label: associated place
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
topic: label: associated subject
content: Boys
label: associated subject
content: Daily Life
label: associated subject
content: Childhood
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 Lenore R. Binze
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0553.009
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0553.009
label: accession number
content: 1991.0553
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trousers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (outside material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (linnig material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood and metal (buttons material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 3/4 in; 47.625 cm