Reproduction
Object number
2014.5.4
Title
Woollen vest
Creator
Puritex
Description
Cream short sleeve woollen vest. Part of the Sidney Brown Whaling Inspector collection of clothing. Sidney Brown worked for the Discovery Investigations. In 1951, aged 28, he was Whaling Inspector on factory ship 'Balaena'. In 1963 he worked as Whaling Inspector in Leith Harbour overseeing the Japanese whaling operation there. The clothing collection is partly clothes from Sidney Brown's military service in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1942-47. Some items were bought specifially for his work in the Antarctic and Subantarctic.
Production place
England
Production date
1943 - 1944
Subject
Whaling, Governance
Object name
underwear
Material
wool
Dimensions
