A “Fashionable Tailor” on Water Street:Nineteenth-century Tailor’s Chalks fromSt. John’s, Newfoundland
Excavations related to a large sewer construction project in St. John’s, Newfoundland exposed several examples of tailor’s chalk lost during the Great Fire of 1892. Made from pipe clay, these objects may be the first of their kind identified on an archaeological site in North America. This paper int...
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ftbinghamptonuni:oai:orb.binghamton.edu:neha-1009 2023-05-15T17:18:43+02:00 A “Fashionable Tailor” on Water Street:Nineteenth-century Tailor’s Chalks fromSt. John’s, Newfoundland Blair, Temple Gaulton, Barry C. 2011-04-27T14:03:25Z application/pdf https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol37/iss1/7 https://orb.binghamton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=neha unknown The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB) https://orb.binghamton.edu/neha/vol37/iss1/7 https://orb.binghamton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=neha Northeast Historical Archaeology Archaeology archeology anthropology history historical society culture cultural societies industry colony colonies colonial Northeast North East North America American Tailor 19th Century 1800's tobacco pipes clay construction Newfoundland Great Fire Archaeological Anthropology Social and Behavioral Sciences text 2011 ftbinghamptonuni 2022-01-09T19:14:28Z Excavations related to a large sewer construction project in St. John’s, Newfoundland exposed several examples of tailor’s chalk lost during the Great Fire of 1892. Made from pipe clay, these objects may be the first of their kind identified on an archaeological site in North America. This paper introduces the changing social and economic position of tailors and other clothing-related trades in St. John’s. Tailor’s chalks are discussed within the context of the clay tobacco pipe industry, particularly the non tobacco-related objects produced, and within the tailoring trade throughout the early modern period. Text Newfoundland The Open Repository@Binghamton (ORB - Binghamton University) |
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Excavations related to a large sewer construction project in St. John’s, Newfoundland exposed several examples of tailor’s chalk lost during the Great Fire of 1892. Made from pipe clay, these objects may be the first of their kind identified on an archaeological site in North America. This paper introduces the changing social and economic position of tailors and other clothing-related trades in St. John’s. Tailor’s chalks are discussed within the context of the clay tobacco pipe industry, particularly the non tobacco-related objects produced, and within the tailoring trade throughout the early modern period. |
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