coat
Catalog Number
1937.38.2
Description
Silk dress coat, black. Mr. James Brandt, a teacher in Holland, received this dress coat in a relief shipment. Mr. Brandt was not at home at the time of the fire, but his wife, Adriana Grootemaat Brandt managed to save a Dutch Bible given to her when she was a child. The family lost all of their other possessions in the Holland Fire.
History
this coat belonged to James Brandt, a teacher in the Holland Public Schools. It was sent to him after he lost all of his possessions in the Holland fire.
Gift of
Brandt, Katherine