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Subject: Clothing and dress--History Subject: Outerwear Subject: Suits (Clothing) Date: 1909 Date: 1915 Date: 1915 Date: 1915 Collection: Detroit Historical Society Historic Costume Collection Collection: Detroit Historical Society Historic Costume Collection Collection: Digital Dress Collection-
Women's suit with divided skirt and matching jacket of tan linen from the early twentieth century
A woman's suit that consists of divided skirt and matching jacket of tan linen. The tailored suit has a long jacket with four buttons in front, and two buttons on the cuff of each sleeve. The skirt has eleven buttons on the panel that conceals the pants, and a separate belt. Note: Helen Andrus Merrell Howard, daughter of Dr. Frank D. Howard, married Francis (C.or E.)Merrell c. 1908, and moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico. Original records call this a bicycling suit, but it might have been worn a…