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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Jacket on a Hook |
| Date | c.1895 |
| Document Type | Object |
| Library / Archive | Tenement Museum, New York |
| Description | Blue jacket, typical of clothing worn by Jewish men during this period. |
| Series Description | From the Levine Apartment at the Tenement Museum, Lower East Side, New York City. |
| Biographical Note / History | Jacket is part of a man's three piece suit with suspenders which cost about $5 new. See reference in Montgomery Ward & Co Catalogue #57,1895 (fascimile edition, Dover Publications, 1969). |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Ports | New York City, United States |
| Keywords | tenement house, immigration, Jewish, clothing |
| Additional Information | 97 Orchard Street, Lower East Side, New York City. |
| Copyright | Tenement Museum, New York |
