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Object Name |
Uniform, Organizational |
Other Name |
Homestake Band Uniform Jacket |
Description |
Red wool fabric. Black cotton ribbed trim on collar, down front placket on both sides, along bottom hem all the way around back, and forming two long vertical slightly arced bands on back with pointed tips. Also at sides is the same black fabric which forms pointed short vertical band close to hem. Long sleeves with black wool cuffs. Cuffs pointed on top edge. Silver cording on cuff forms three vertical rectangles with a round top. At top of each tiered rectangle is a spherical brass button. Silver cording fabric on sleeve formed into nine swirls and a five lobed fan at top. Front center placket has seven black round buttons, two hook and eyes at bottom near hem, and two hook and eye's at stand up collar. Flanking each side of placket is twenty-one silver fabric cording tiered rectangles with rounded tops matching those on the cuffs and at top each side has twenty-one brass spherical buttons. Tiered pattern narrows at bottom and widens at top. Gold threaded leaves and vines around front of collar with the letter, "H" in between stems. Around bottom hem trim is a single band of silver cording that forms a loop at every angle all the way around back to front. Back has a silver cording lace design across top of shoulders. In between two arc bands is a section of black rectangular fabric with gold cording in a lace loop design. Bottom edge of black section has gold thread fringe and a gold fabric ribbon border. Inside lined with black cotton fabric. Openings along plackets on inside to allow access to cotter pins holding forty-two brass sphere buttons on. Inside left placket near hem is a pocket. White tape on inside back center has, "Howard Pearson" written in blue ink. Inside left placket is black fabric label with green and yellow thread with image of United States Flag, green German eagle, a shield with a ram, and a shield pendant on a pole that reads, "EST. 1892". Other text on label reads, "DeMoulin Bros.&Co. / Greenville, Ill." |
Collection |
Adams Museum Collection |
Catalog Number |
ART.099.062.001 |
Material |
Wool/Cotton/Dyes/Brass/Non-Ferrous Metal |
People |
Pearson, Howard |
Search Terms |
Homestake Band Men's Clothing & Accessories |