JACKET

Description: NAVY BLUE WOOL MEN'S DOUBLE-BREASTED BLAZER, WITH FOUR OPAQUE PLASTIC BUTTONS ON THE FRONT, AND A LABEL AT THE BACK OF THE NECK MARKED "CASUALAIRE FOR TOWN & COUNTRY NEEDLED BY SAVIL & ROW." ITEM IS LINED ON THE INSIDE FRONT WITh NAVY BLUE SATIN, AND HAS A SMALL POCKET ON EACH SIDE, BUT BACK OF JACKET IS NOT LINED. JACKET HAS A WIDE LAPEL ON EACH SIDE, WITH A BUTTON HOLE NEAR THE TOP OF EACH. JACKET ALSO HAS TWO FRONT POCKETS, AND ONE CHEST POCKET ON THE RIGHT SIDE. JACKET IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH LITTLE VISIBLE WEAR OR DAMAGE.

History: BELONGED TO DONOR'S HUSBAND, CHARLES MCCLEARY, WHILE HE WAS IN HIGHSCHOOL, FROM 1952 TO 1954. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE SEE P19970028001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING SEVERAL CLOTHING ITEMS DONATED BY CECILE MCCLEARY. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMES FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DONOR, CECILE MCCLEARY AND HER HUSBAND CHARLES MCCLEARY. CECILE HAD THE FOLLOWING TO SAY: “THIS BLAZER DATES TO ’53, ’54, ’55 – BUT ANYWAYS, THIS WAS CHARLES’S BLAZER IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO IT WAS VERY FASHIONABLE THEN – BROAD SHOULDERS AND DOUBLE-BREASTED. OUR KIDS WORE IT AS HALLOWEEN COSTUMES AND IT WAS STILL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, BUT QUITE OUT OF STYLE, AND OBVIOUSLY WOULDN’T FIT HIM, BUT IT WAS IN THAT EXHIBIT HAS A ‘50S BLAZER. SO THAT BELONGED TO CHARLES AS A TEENAGER.” SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR A COPY OF THE INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT.