[Army Artillery?] Uniform Blouse, Belt, and Contents of Pockets,
Scope and Content
Item: [army artillery?] uniform blouse, belt, and contents of pockets
Date: [1890’s-early 1900’s]
BLOUSE
Color: navy blue/ [black] trim (had discolored), white with purple strips inside sleeves, black lining
Material: [wool blend], black [satin] lining in the body, white cotton lining in the arms
Manufacturer: Carr, Mears, and Dawson, Inc.
145 Brandy Street
Norfolk, Virginia
Condition: moth holes throughout entire blouse, one large tear on left side, most seams unraveled especially in collar, one gold strip missing on left sleeve
Special Markings: purple with tow gold strips tat the bottom of both sleeves, 5 inch slits up both sides of blouse decorated with black trim and seams with circular patterns at corners, two more black trim stripes with black seams extend up the back almost to collar, black plastic buttons on right side hooks on left
BELT
Color: brown
Material: leather
Condition: worn, slightly faded
Special Markings: small brass buckle, number 28 marked on opposite end
CONTENTS IN POCKET
-Business card: Herman T. [Rungar]
Dispensary, Unit X
S. Navel Oper, Base
Hampton Roads, VA
Condition: faded and crumpled, small scripted words [Unity, arrle (?)] under name
-Banjo wire and paper wrap: Blue paper - torn. Bell brand banjo 1st silver plated steel. National Musical String Co. For Experts Black Diamond The Best. Other markings in faded brown lettering
Dates
- 1890s-early 1900s?
Extent
3.1 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
- Status
- Completed
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu