Other Names

soakers

Category

PERSONAL OBJECTS

Sub-Category

CLOTHING, OUTERWEAR

Description

a: blue shirt with white collar and sleeves. Blue buttons spaced along the bottom edge Tag with maker's mark cannot be read, it has frayed apart. b: blue shorts with white fabric waistband and and leg bands. Holes along the waistband likely intended for use with the buttons in the shirt (part a). Metal snap closures to form the leg holes at the bottom c: duplicate of b

Narrative

"Soakers" were shorts worn over cloth diapers as a protective layer between diaper and clothing

Accession No.

2018.25.3 a-c

Type of Record

Museum Artifact

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