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Maker(s):Brooks Brothers
Culture:American (began 1828)
Title:bathing suit top
Date Made:1900-1930
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: black and blue striped knitted wool
Place Made:United States; New York State; New York City
Measurements:Overall: 28 in x 18 1/4 in; 71.1 cm x 46.4 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2013.801
Credit Line:Gift of Joseph Peter Spang III
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Top to a man's early 20th-century bathing suit, made of a light-medium and black horizontally striped knitted (fine gauge) wool. Until the advent of synthetics in the mid-twentieth century, bathing suits for both men and women were made from knitted wool. At inside neckline in back there is a small white label with red lettering "BROOKS BROTHERS/ NEW YORK." At the inside hem, a small cotton label is tacked inside with a combination of printing and hand lettering "53/ BROOKS BROS./ 175 C/ K4 40/ 5 YE [or S YE]." Brooks Brothers began in 1828 and quickly became an early pioneer of the men's ready-made suit business.

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