Vintage two piece costume jacket & pants along with real photo post card of man wearing the American Indian Costume ~ "DeMoulin Bros & Co Greenville, ILL label" produced costumes from 1895 to 1950 for fraternal orders, burlesque and side show operators ~ This costume is circa 1905 to 1920 and may have been made for "The Improved Order of Red Men" Fraternal Lodge ~*~ Fabric is a heavy cotton ~ Jacket buttons up the front with metal buttons embossed with the company name ~ fringe is same material as costume (pocket's, jacket waist, jacket hem, cuffs and down the sleeves) ~ 2 pocket on front of jacket (here there are sections of fringe missing but looks fairly uniform and part of the style for this guy) ~ Pants have 2 side pockets ~ wood buttons at waist for suspenders (2 back & 3 @ the front *one missing*) ~ pants button up with same wood style buttons ~ fringe runs down both sides of pant legs ~ Real photo postcard ~*~ unsent undivided back ~ 6 men and 1 child in front of a store ~ 5 men and the boy are in this style of costume ~ 1 man is wearing street wear (has a 5 pointed sheriff's badge, holding his six shooter and a gun holster ~ 5 are holding six shooters ~*~ Label on both jacket & pants- Jacket chest: 40" (measured under arm to under arm flat) jacket across the bottom: 46" across (measured flat)
- sleeves: 32"
- jacket length: 33" long
- fringe: 2" to 3"long
- Pants waist: 40"
- inseam: 29
- outside waist to hem: 41"
- Condition: very good ~ heavy staining at neck and pant pockets ~ minor stains scattered about the entire costume, several small holes that have frayed edges ~ no dry rot and clean ~ for it's age and wear and tear the condition over all is very good ~ postcard is good condition, bent corners and some creasing ~ post card came with the costume
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Price: $400.00
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