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- Title
- Men's vest
- Item Name
- Vest
- Maker
- Description
This is a navy-blue linen and wool man's vest with red vertical stripes. The vest features a shawl collar, six brass buttons down the center front placket, welt hip pockets on the front panels, and a light-red back with two light-blue twisted rope ties at the lower back. The interior reveals denim patches on the back of the pockets.
length: 21.5"; shoulders: 12"
Indiana, Harrison County, Corydon. May be part of a lot of clothes that were sold at Lucy Frank's (daughter of John Frank) estate sale.
Indiana, Harrison County, Corydon. The Posey House was built in 1817 for Colonel Thomas L. Posey, son of the Indiana's Territorial Governor, Thomas Posey. Colonel Posey was prominent in Corydon's early history as a merchant, Harrison County Treasurer, Cashier of the Corydon branch of the Bank of Vincennes, and State Adjutant General. Although never married, he reared fourteen orphans in his home, which was then twice its present size.- Year
- 1800-1860
- Place
- unknown place made
- Materials
- linen; wool
- Measurements
- see description
- Credit Line
- Donated by the Hoosier Elm Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
- ID Number
- 71.999.071.0022