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Donchester: An arrow evening shirt

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Image ID

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

Prints

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

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1915

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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

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