Donchester: An arrow evening shirt
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818435
Item data
Title
Donchester: An arrow evening shirt
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Costume -- Evening Wear -- 1910s
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1915
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC COSTU-Eve-191
Subjects
Borders (Ornament Areas)
Women -- Clothing & dress -- 1910-1919
Men -- Clothing & dress -- 1910-1919
Hairstyles -- 1910-1919
Evening wear -- 1910-1919
Tuxedoes -- 1910-1919
shirts -- 1910-1919
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc. Makers." "$1.50, $2.00 and $3.00." "The most important requisite of a dress shirt is good apperance a shirt that fits badly and that has a bosom which creases and bulges cannot be called a dress shirt. The "Donchester" has a patent bosom which is attached to the shirt in such a way that it always remains flat, immaculate, and in its place." Written on border: "Now. 1915."
Source Note: Town country. (New York : Town Country, 1846-).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : col. ; 29 x 21 cm. (11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17122723
Barcode: 33333159263892
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 62f4ad80-c54a-012f-95dd-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1915
Cite this item
MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Donchester: An arrow evening shirt" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1915. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62f4ad80-c54a-012f-95dd-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1915). Donchester: An arrow evening shirt Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62f4ad80-c54a-012f-95dd-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Donchester: An arrow evening shirt" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62f4ad80-c54a-012f-95dd-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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