Collection Highlights
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
Date:
ca. 1869
Object Number:
LIB.CT.T8855.B7
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dress trousers
Object Number:
1967.81b
Date:
1931
Medium:
Wool, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 19 x 45 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 48.3 x 115.6 cm )
Marks:
printed: on tag inside waistband: "RIDABOCK & CO. / 251 Fifth Avenue New York / DATE FEB 26 1931 / W. 42 INSEAM 31 / No. / Org. M.D. - ORE"
handwritten: on tag inside waistband: 'Dr. Harlow Brooks"
Description:
Black wool button fly dress trousers with a red stripe with white piping down the side of each leg, pockets behind the stripes beneath the waistband, 6 black plastic buttons at the fly, waistband and pockets lined with white twill-weave cotton.
Gallery Label:
These trousers were worn by Dr. Harlow Brooks.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth C. Miller
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
