FitzSImons Shaw Collection
Title
FitzSImons Shaw Collection
Collection Items
Julius Forstmann
Photo of Julius Forstmann, 1871-1939. The German-born Forstmann was the owner of Forstmann & Huffman, an important wool manufacturing concern in New Jersey. The company was known for fine fabrics - suit and dress goods.
Boy's suit made from a Union soldier's uniform, ca. 1865
Boy’s Suit with Ribbon, “My Father was a Soldier,” ca. 1865
Wool and silk
Jacket length: 15" (center back); Pants length: 16" (waist to hem)
Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1985.252.M2487
Wool and silk
Jacket length: 15" (center back); Pants length: 16" (waist to hem)
Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia
1985.252.M2487
WWII US AAF POW's blanket
Blue wool blanket, stained and worn. Used by US Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Francis D. "Mack" McCarroll as a POW in LuftStalag III between 1943 and 1945.,
