MacRae shirt photographs

[edwardwatson]

Here are some photos of the NC MacRae shirt I took last week at the NC Museum of History.

Here's Tom Belton's note approving this post of the pictures:
Edward, that is fine. I'm familiar with the Authentic Campaigner. Just
credit The North Carolina Museum of History as noted in your email.
Regards, Tom

While I was there Mr. Belton mentioned that Ben Tart will be doing some work for the museum. The textile department also had samples of Ben's logwood jean and cassimere.

Link to the Museum's information. (http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/MOH/vfpcgi.exe?IDCFile=/moh/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=57152,DATABASE=48994812,)

[Stonewall_Greyfox]

Excellent, any notes on type of material? How about the provenance of the shirt...?

Paul B. Boulden Jr.

RAH VA MIL '04
23rd VA Regt.

[edwardwatson]

I have a copy of the museum's artifact worksheet at home. I'll have to dig it out. I also made notes on construction details but haven't had the time to clean them up.

I just revised my post to add a link to the museum's information about the shirt.

[Cpt Boone]

Edward,

Thanks for posting these. I had bought a piece of material in 1989 in East Berlin that was dead on to this material. I made a copy of the shirt last year. Wish I had these photos when I did it. EOG was very limited.

[edwardwatson]

Oh, I should mention that the photos that make the material look blue more color correct. Most of the pictures were taken with a flash. The last few were taken on a tripod with natural light from a nearby window.

[minieball]

This is a great shirt. I have made a variation of this shirt several times since the mid-80's after Ray Bass gave me the pattern. Its essentially a bunch of rectangles pieced together.

I have always loved that "moon" pocket....very cool!

Thanks for the great pictures!