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Dress

Object number2016.44.26

Manufacturer Joseph Horne Company (1849 - 1994)

Datec. 1945

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumFabric; Lace; Plastic

Credit LineGift of Susan Haas Prentiss

DescriptionBaby dress. Pink fabric. Cap sleeves. Scoop neck. Peter Pan-type front and back collar made of white fabric with embroidered dots, pink and green flowers, and lace trim.DimensionsHeight x Width: 16.25 × 19.5 in. (41.3 × 49.5 cm)
MarksTwo white fabric tags inside collar at back center:
Proper right tag has blue embroided text "HAND MADE",
Proper left tag has red embroidered text "JOSEPH HORNE CO. / PITTSBURGH".
Historical NotesLikely worn by the donor, Susan Marie Haas Prentiss, as a baby. Part of a collection of clothing and accessories of the Ash/Haas family. George Haas had a wholesale optical business on Oliver Street called G.W. Optical, it folded when he passed in 1968. It was started by his father George Washington Haas. His grandfather Jesse Purdy started American Waterworks with Mellon backing, they built dams all over the world.

Previous owner Susan Haas Prentiss

Related person Elizabeth Mills Dalbey Haas

Related person George Purdy Haas

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