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Overcoat

Object number2010.98.9 a-c

Designer Larry Levine

Designer Adolfo Sardiña (born 1933)

Retailer Saks Fifth Avenue

Datec. 2002

MediumSilk; Felt; Various metals

Credit LineChildren of the Baker-Knoll family

DescriptionGreen overcoat with brooch, hat, and scarf.Dimensions(a) Height: 48 ; Width at shoulders: 22 ; Length of sleeves: 23
(b) W: 14.75 ; L: 15.625 ; Depth: 4
(c) W/L: 30
Marks(a)
Label: "LARRY LEVINE" ; Lining Labels: "ILGWU" and care instructions.

(b)
Label: "ADOLFO / AT / Saks Fifth Avenue".
Historical NotesJacket, scarf, hat, and brooch worn by Catherine Baker Knoll to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Part of a collection relating to the life and political career of Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll. Born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Catherine Baker Knoll worked in the family business, Knoll Hotel and Restaurant, developing her people skills and beginning her political activism. In 1970, she became a state committee woman for the Democratic Party, then rose through the ranks of the state's Department of Transportation Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She was tapped by the party in 1976, to run for State Treasurer, but did not get elected to office until 1988. She easily won a second term in 1992, by a landslide vote. In 2002, she was elected as the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.Label TextKnoll loved Pittsburgh and its sports teams. She often described herself as a woman of steel from the city of steel. She tried to be here in Pittsburgh for Sunday Steelers games, rooting on her home town team with family and friends. And she loved a celebration – often wearing this green coat to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. She and Hillary Clinton worked the crowd, campaigning together, on St. Paddy’s Day in 2008.

Previous owner Catherine Baker Knoll (1930 - 2008)

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