Object ID:
2013.2.1-3
Title:
Girl's Minnesota Braille and Sight Saving School Band uniform
Creator:
Stanbury and Company
Description:
Custom-fit, wool/polyester blend uniform in navy blue consists of a jacket, skirt, and gold clip-on tie.
(.1) Double-breasted jacket features two rows of three gold-colored metal buttons, each decorated with a raised lyre; two front faux-pocket flaps; single shoulder straps in light gray, each fastened near the collar with a small version of the gold-colored metal button; a turn-down collar backed with a black felt lining; notched lapels; hidden shoulder pads; perspiration pads of the outer material attached inside, beneath the armholes; jacket is fully lined, in a black material, with a black cord hanging loop below the collar; lining has an inner front pocket on the right, at chest level; an inner front pocket on the bottom left; a 4-inch vent in the back center seam; one black plastic button sewn behind the middle front button; and two small, black plastic buttons sewn behind the middle and bottom front buttons; manufacturer's label, made of the lining material, attached to the upper inner pocket, "Stanbury & Company Uniforms, Kansas City, Mo." in gold metallic thread; white cotton label on the other inner pocket has the same manufacturer's information printed on it, is ink-stamped "17," and has the number 516A-3 written in black marker; ornamental trim on jacket includes flat, gold cording along outer edge of collar and shoulder straps; and, on each cuff, a light gray bar with gold cording, looped once at center, above and below each bar; shoulder patch of light blue/gray felt with gold thread trim has the following words centered on it in navy thread:
MINNESOTA
BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING
SCHOOL
(.2) A-line skirt has a concealed back zipper of metal and a single, black plastic button above to secure the waistband; cotton label, "Stanbury & Company, Kansas City, Mo." and includes a uniform number, and size and school identification information: 516A-4, "HT - 5' 4", WT - 135, Sex: G, Size: 28-30, 12, Name: Braille School, Date: 10-21-57.
(.3) Tie has opaque plastic clip; cloth label on reverse identifies material as 50 percent dacron, 50 percent polyester.
(.1) Double-breasted jacket features two rows of three gold-colored metal buttons, each decorated with a raised lyre; two front faux-pocket flaps; single shoulder straps in light gray, each fastened near the collar with a small version of the gold-colored metal button; a turn-down collar backed with a black felt lining; notched lapels; hidden shoulder pads; perspiration pads of the outer material attached inside, beneath the armholes; jacket is fully lined, in a black material, with a black cord hanging loop below the collar; lining has an inner front pocket on the right, at chest level; an inner front pocket on the bottom left; a 4-inch vent in the back center seam; one black plastic button sewn behind the middle front button; and two small, black plastic buttons sewn behind the middle and bottom front buttons; manufacturer's label, made of the lining material, attached to the upper inner pocket, "Stanbury & Company Uniforms, Kansas City, Mo." in gold metallic thread; white cotton label on the other inner pocket has the same manufacturer's information printed on it, is ink-stamped "17," and has the number 516A-3 written in black marker; ornamental trim on jacket includes flat, gold cording along outer edge of collar and shoulder straps; and, on each cuff, a light gray bar with gold cording, looped once at center, above and below each bar; shoulder patch of light blue/gray felt with gold thread trim has the following words centered on it in navy thread:
MINNESOTA
BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING
SCHOOL
(.2) A-line skirt has a concealed back zipper of metal and a single, black plastic button above to secure the waistband; cotton label, "Stanbury & Company, Kansas City, Mo." and includes a uniform number, and size and school identification information: 516A-4, "HT - 5' 4", WT - 135, Sex: G, Size: 28-30, 12, Name: Braille School, Date: 10-21-57.
(.3) Tie has opaque plastic clip; cloth label on reverse identifies material as 50 percent dacron, 50 percent polyester.
Date:
1957
Made by:
Stanbury and Company
Place of Origin:
Kansas City, MO
Provenance:
See notes on the MN school's band program in Notes & Legal from a former band member.
Uniform was deaccessioned from the collection of the Rice County Historical Society and donated by the Society to the APH Museum. The Society had no information relating to its previous provenance.
Stanbury was founded in 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri to manufacture police, fire and military uniforms. The company was reorganized in 1947 to focus on custom marching band uniforms.
The Minnesota School for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind was founded in Faribault, MN in 1863. It enrolled its first blind and visually impaired students in 1866. The Minnesota School for the Blind became a separate school in 1874. It was renamed the Minnesota Braille and Sight Saving School in 1941.
Uniform was deaccessioned from the collection of the Rice County Historical Society and donated by the Society to the APH Museum. The Society had no information relating to its previous provenance.
Stanbury was founded in 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri to manufacture police, fire and military uniforms. The company was reorganized in 1947 to focus on custom marching band uniforms.
The Minnesota School for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind was founded in Faribault, MN in 1863. It enrolled its first blind and visually impaired students in 1866. The Minnesota School for the Blind became a separate school in 1874. It was renamed the Minnesota Braille and Sight Saving School in 1941.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Rice County Historical Society, 2013.2
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Marching Band jacket
Marching Band shoulder patch detail
Marching Band uniform skirt
Marching Band uniform necktie
Marching Band jacket
Marching Band shoulder patch detail
Marching Band uniform skirt
Marching Band uniform necktie