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Uniform, Organizational

Object number2013.1.9 a-c

Manufacturer Cincinnati Regalia Company

Datec. 1950

MediumCotton/Velvet/Satin/Metal

Credit LineGift of Dolores Sippos

DescriptionUniform consisting of jacket, skirt, and belt. Jacket is thin velvet, pink with blue satin ribbon-accents on cuffs and bottom edge. Blue yarn fringe on collar, cuffs, and bottom edge. Blue satin panel wrap attached to and draped over shoulders. Variety of colored flat back plastic jewels are attached to all panels and above sleeve cuffs. Five brass buttons down front. Skirt is full and made of thin pink velvet with two rows of blue ribbon accents above bottom edge. Blue cotton yarn fringe on bottom edge. Variety of colored flat back plastic jewels decorate areas between ribbon rows. Elastic waistband. Belt is blue satin with beige edging. Five panels that are flat on top where attached to belt and rounded on bottom edge. Each panel has blue yarn fringe and a variety of colored flat back plastic jewels attached; additional three jewels attached to one end. Three snap buttons on ends.DimensionsMeasured laying flat.

(a) Height: 26 ; Width (shoulders): 17; Length (sleeve, including fringe): 19
(b) H: 34 ; W (waist): 16.25 ; W (bottom edge): 41.5
(c) H: 13 ; L: 44.5
Marks(c) Label on reverse side, center "CINCINNATI / REGALIA CO. / CINCINNATI / OHIO".
Historical NotesPart of a collection of items worn by donor Dolores Sippos' mother, Dolores Beiter, and other members of the Fraternal Order of the Daughters of Pocahontas, #114 Council, Redman Hall, Arlington Avenue. Mrs. Beiter belonged to the group c. 1937-1958 when the hall burned down and the chapter closed. The ladies auxiliary of the Improved Order of Red Men (IORM), a fraternal/patriotic society, raised funds for orphans and primarily for a home for the elderly called the Degree of Pocahontas Home for the Aged. In the 1930s there were four councils in the Pittsburgh region. The DOP wore quasi-Native costumes and used quasi-Native terms/rituals in their meetings. The IORM call themselves the "America's oldest fraternal organization," tracing their roots to 1765.The DOP was authorized in 1885. They support various charities and educational programs. Mrs. Beiter was very involved and was often away at meetings and conventions. Many of her Arlington Hill neighbors were also members. Mrs. Beiter was of German descent and a practicing Roman Catholic. Her husband Herman Beiter was a millwright at Jones and Laughlin in the South Side. They were married in 1936, she joined the order in 1937, and they had their daughter the next year in 1938.

Related institution Degree of Pocahontas

Previous owner Dolores Beiter

Related institution Improved Order of Red Men

Related person Herman Beiter

Related institution Jones and Laughlin Steel Company

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