1276

Jacket, Child's

1878 Approximate

Child's White Cotton Top. Material: textile. Size: 14 1/2" W. x 7 1/2" L. Description: white cotton tissue gingham, white cotton cambric facing, cut on bias; square neckline, one piece of fabric with short set-in puffed sleeves, top is gathered into a 3/8" W. hem with white cambric facing to form neckline with 1/2" W. self-fabric ruffle trim; sleeves trimmed same as neckline; hemline faced with white cotton; front or back center opening.

Note with item: "Worn by Clyde Allison Bush born February 23, 1875, at Peddler's Grove,Minnesota. (Now a memory town.) Handsewn with tiny stitches. Donated by Mrs. Herbert D. Miller, Waseca, Minn., a stepdaughter of Mr. Bush. Clyde Allison Bush." (Observe the tiny, almost invisible stitches, all done by hand.) Goes with # 1274.