Collections record Beta
Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Apron
Object Number
2023-20-1 a,b
Description
Apron produced for a member of the Oliver Wolcott Council, Order of United American Mechanics. Apron (a) of white leather backed with blue cotton. Edges lined with (top to bottom) blue, white, and red twist fringe. Hand painted decoration on white leather, largely metallic paints outlined in red. On flap, "U.A.M.", and on main panel, "OLIVER WOLCOTT COUNCIL" in gold banner with text underneath, "No./59." around fraternal seal showing a compass and square around an arm holding a hammer. Apron has a separate tie (b) of blue silk twisted cord with tassels at each end.
Provenance
Founded in Philadelphia in 1845 as the Union of Workers, the Order of American Mechanics was a fraternal organization that provided benevolent funds to its members (illness, funeral expenses, etc.). At least at its founding, the organization was largely anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic.
Comment
See LHS Archives, Litchfield Ephemera Collection, for a program produced by the Oliver Wolcott Council in Litchfield in 1891.
Category
Date Made
1850-1900
Dimensions
Overall length 18.75", width 14"
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