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Sleeve Guards
Sleeve Guards

Sleeve Guards

MediumStraw
DimensionsComponent (height x width x depth of .1): 5 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 1/8in. (14.9 x 11 x 10.5cm)
Component (height x width x depth of .2): 6 x 4 3/8 x 4in. (15.2 x 11.1 x 10.2cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineEstate of Florence S. M. Crofut, gift of Mrs. George H. Day
DescriptionPair of cylindrical, straw sleeve guards.
Object number1974.50.2285.1-.2
NotesHistorical Note: Sleeve guards were worn by butchers and other workers in the late-ninteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
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Gift of Sylvia Squires and Debra Harger, 2016.99.8a © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Alfred Johnson
20th century
Connecticut Historical Society collections, 1993.175.86 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
Whitehead and Hoag Company
about 1900
Gift of Mariette Newman Fitch, 1952.69.39  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1860-1865
Museum purchase, 1963.16.31  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1840-1850
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1987.246.0  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Unknown
about 1840-1850
Gift of Harriette Harrison, 1960.77.15  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1835-1840
Museum purchase, 1963.16.22 © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1840-1850
Bonnet
Unknown
1880-1890
Gift of Mrs. Elisha H. Cooper, 1957.49.3  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1840-1850
Girl's Hat
Unknown
1890s