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Jacket
Magician's Assistant Costume
Jacket

Magician's Assistant Costume

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Albert G. Walker American, 1836 - 1902
MakerMade by Albert G. Walker American, 1836 - 1902
Date1858
MediumHand-stitched, plain-woven glazed cotton; red velvet; probably machine-stitched lace; metallic ribbon; metallic florets; wool fringe; metal buttons and hooks
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2007.4.1.11a-d
On View
Not on view
Gift of Charles S. MacDonough, 1847.12.0  © 2008 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Commodore Thomas MacDonough
1812-1814
Dress
Unknown
1860-1865
Gift of Phyllis Kihn, 1980.38.4a-d  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Marie L. Brown
1870
Proper left side
Charles Clark
1830-1840
Proper right side
Baker & McKeeney
1872-1882
Dress
Sarah Congdon Munger
about 1887
Front of dress without the matching cape.
Lyle N. Roapelye
about 1885
Gift of Amy Crocker Leighton, 1956.46.3 (jacket) and Gift of Mrs. John D. Rusku, 1966.137.7b (s…
Unknown
about 1865