Military issue men's drawers

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Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/418ffdcb6e4f475c2004e7b1d362805a

Title

Military issue men's drawers

Creator

Cooper Underwear Company
Munsingwear, Inc

Date

Used: 1918

Description

Pair of Size 34 United States military issue man's long knit drawers. The drawers have a white brushed cotton waistband and a white cotton triangular yoke from the waistband to the bottom button of the three button front fly. There is a laced gusset with three metal grommets in the waistband. Either side has a twill loop for a suspender tab. A paper tag marked "722.244:3 / Coo" was stapled to the drawers and the waistband is inked "Cooper / Underwear Company / Jan. 3rd, 1918 / CHICAGO DEPOT / 34.

Subject

Men
World War, 1914-1918--Equipment and supplies
World War I
Underwear.
Clothing.Men's Underwear
Military.1914-1918 (World War I).Clothing.Accessories
drawers (underpants)

Source

Minnesota Digital Library

Relation

http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/web5/media.php?thumb=yes&irn=10294995

Type

image

Citation

Cooper Underwear Company and Munsingwear, Inc, “Military issue men's drawers,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed May 18, 2024, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/7397.

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