Shirt
Shirt
Shirt

Shirt

Object number2007.73.1
Datec. 1873
MediumLinen; shell
Credit LineGift of Thomas Schmidt
DescriptionWhite linen wedding shirt. High neck with round shell buttons on top of neck down to just below chest. Long sleeves; white embroidered cuffs with round shell buttons.Dimensions20.5 x 34.25 in. (52.1 x 87 cm)
InscriptionsWhite square patch in front chest, embroidered in pink, "W.S. / 1873".
Historical NotesShirt worn by Wilhelm Schmidt (c. 1850-1915) at his 1873 wedding to Maria Langsdorf (1850-1895.) The couple was married in their native Germany; they would immigrate to McKeesport, Pennsylvania. in 1882, with their two daughters. The Schmidts had ten children, three of whom died in infancy. In McKeesport, Wilhelm worked in the galvanizing department of the Edward Woods Steel Works and later, the National Tube Works; Maria died in a typhoid epidemic in 1895. Wilhelm's grandson, Adolph W. Schmidt (1904-2000), was a prominent local businessman and international diplomat who worked for and married into the Mellon Family.
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