Category 3: Personal Objects➔Clothing➔Main Garments➔Coat➔Coat, Suit
Artifact
Accession Number:
76-17-1-CDate
circa 1900Description
A buttoned suit jacket. Black with a tail and two more buttons on the back. Sleeves has buttons at the cuffs as well.Worn by Mr. Frank Rudd father of N.C. Rudd.
Back around the late 1800's and early 1900's there were two mainstream suits. Older gentlemen men would wear frock coats while younger men would wear a morning coat. A morning coat is a three pieces suit worn in morning along with a pair of striped pants, a vest, a shirt underneath the vest, dress shoes, and a tie.