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Brassiere

Object | Accession Number: 1997.55.2

1997.55.2 front
Brassiere

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Date: approximately 1944
Classification: Clothing and Dress
Category: Women's clothing
Object Type: Brassieres (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anna Chinitz. In memory of my parents and two sisters who perished in a gas chamber, and my brother who died from typhus in a concentration camp.

Materials: overall : cloth, metal
Contributor: Artisan: Anna Chinitz
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The brassiere was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by Anna Chinitz.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:23:33
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12294

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