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Box 24.03 - Assorted Objects (Textile)

 Series — Box: 0250, Box: 24.03

Scope and Contents

0250.24.03 Four textile items 0250.24.03.01 Baseball shirt red and cream colored with McIlvain on front, on back A Good Friend in white lettering. McIlvain was a fire company. The twill shirt was manufactured by Empire The Emblem of Satisfaction on back inside label. Some stains. Shirt was worn by Joseph T. Hudac Sr. past treasurer of South Bethlehem Volunteer Firemen Relief Fund. Mr. Hudac was a foreman in Bethlehem Steel beam yard who died sometime around August 25, 2008. Shirt donated by Thomas Mohr 12/4/2015.

0250.24.03.02 Two promotional “painter-type” hats. White cotton hats with red plastic bill, label reads Crown Specialties Made in U.S.A. ASI 47620, three blue ink stripes with blue circular logo – two people holding hands across a “river” “Hands Across The River July 4, 1991 Bethlehem 250th Anniversary” SBHS 2010.18.01a, b.

0250.24.03.03 Union Bank and Trust Company of Eastern Pennsylvania bank bag measuring 25 x 16.5 cm, blue nylon twill, white stiff draw string with blue and red plastic tips, manufacturer label A. Rifkin Co. Established 1892 Wilkes Barre, Penna. U.S.A. Donated by Kate Shea, M.C. 1 SBHS 2010.64.27

Dates

  • Creation: 1865 - 2023

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (~35 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the South Bethlehem Historical Society Repository

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