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Title	Boy's suit owned by Oliver Ormerod Jensen.
Place	Old Saybrook (Conn.)
Genre	Clothing & dress
Theme	Lifestyle
Description	Small boy's suit consists of green cotton pants that button to a blouse made of the white cotton. The blouse has a square collar of green cotton edged with white piping. The fabric is gathered by smocking and stitched into a yoke on either side of the front. The blouse is gathered again at the waistline. The long, straight sleeves end in turn-back cuffs of the green cotton edged with white piping.<br>
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.<br>This suit was originally owned by Oliver Ormerod Jensen, an editor and writer, was born on 16 April 1914 in Ithaca, New York. In 1954, he was a founder of American Heritage magazine, where he worked as managing editor from 1954-59, and as editor from 1959-76, and as senior editor from 1976-1986. He was also president of the Connecticut Valley Railroad Company. Late in life, he was a resident of Old Saybrook, Connecticut.<br>Label stitched inside back of neck reads, "Best & Co./ New York."<br>Gift of Oliver Jensen.<br>
Date created	[ca. 1920]
Physical format	1 suit : cotton ; 31.8 x 27.9 cm. (blouse length x width across shoulders) and 43.2 x 38.7 cm. (pants length x width across waist at back)<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1993.85.1a,b<br>File name: chs_1993_85_1ab.jpg<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Connecticut Historical Society Museum, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Costumes

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