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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 2337604, member: 649&quot;]I just read <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/searching-for-vincent-van-gogh.51094/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/searching-for-vincent-van-gogh.51094/">an enjoyable post</a> by [USER=14916]@Ex Libris[/USER] concerning an imagined possible link of a found item to Vincent van Gogh. I, too, have sometimes imagined an interesting connection concerning some of my finds. We can&#039;t be the only ones...</p><p><br /></p><p>How about sharing some of your (plausible) stories? Hopefully, there is some little oddity about your item that actually makes the story possible, or even probable, such as where it was found, a marking on the item, etc. And if your research proved your imaginings to be true, even better!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my little story:</p><p><br /></p><p>Late in 2013, I purchased this ladies suit, c.1915-1919, from a Detroit-area estate sale, the sellers could offer no history on it. The only label inside was from a Chicago store called Carson Pirie Scott Co. In setting the suit up for my rather amateur photos, I noticed it had a few scattered tiny purple dots, like dye had bled, diagonally across the front of the jacket. (Unfortunately, I didn&#039;t save a photo of them and they were really only visible upon close inspection.) The silk jersey suit would have been expensive in it&#039;s day and was likely a custom order.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://forums.vintagefashionguild.org/attachments/p1060802-jpg.21838/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought it an odd, rather outlandish, color... a sort of mustard gold (my photo is poorly lit). It would be strikingly noticeable when strolling down the lane! And what could have caused those little purple dots?</p><p><br /></p><p>In researching the Chicago store, I happened to come across this photo, which had the caption, &quot;Janet Ayer Fairbank, of Chicago, center, was a prominent suffragette who had the honor of being the grand marshall for the suffrage parade held on a rainy June 7, 1916. More than 5,000 suffragettes marched in Chicago to the Republican National Convention in a heavy rainstorm to push for woman to have the right to vote.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]260395[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently, some well-to-do women even had outfits designed for themselves for this parade... including <i>trousers</i>!</p><p>&quot;A woman models her marching costume for Chicago&#039;s suffrage parade, June 6, 1916. The parade was held on June 7, 1916, during the Republican National Convention in Chicago. More than 5,000 suffrage supporters marched during a large rainstorm.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]260396[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>During my research, I found out that, unlike the UK where the suffrage colo(u)rs were purple, green, and white, in the USA suffrage colors were <b>golden yellow</b>, purple, and white.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Maybe my original suit-owner was a suffragette who wore a golden yellow silk jersey suit and a purple sash during a rainy day march/parade! </i>That could explain those little purple spots that ran diagonally across the front of the jacket.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no way of knowing for sure, of course, but it&#039;s an interesting possibility!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://publish.illinois.edu/ihlc-blog/files/2019/07/birthright-of-woman-postcard-circa-1910-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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