// mail.inc disabled due to spam abuse Frock Suit http://walternelson.com/dr/taxonomy/term/23/all en Tom Murphy, Collector of the Port of New York http://walternelson.com/dr/murphy <p><a href="http://www.walternelson.com/dr/sites/default/files/imagepicker/w/walter/tom-murphy.jpg" title="Tom Murphy" target="_blank" ><img src="http://www.walternelson.com/dr/sites/default/files/imagepicker/w/walter/thumbs/tom-murphy.jpg" alt="Tom Murphy" style="float:left; padding:20px" /></a>This is a portrait that has been in my wife's family of her great-great-grandfather, Thomas Murphy, Collector of the Port of New York and an intimate of President Grant.</p> http://walternelson.com/dr/murphy#comments Frock Suit Sun, 09 May 2010 08:14:06 -0700 walter 540 at http://walternelson.com/dr Black Wool Frock Coat http://walternelson.com/dr/node/199 <p>A black wool early 20th Century wool frock coat.</p> http://walternelson.com/dr/node/199#comments Frock Suit Original Item Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:05:49 -0700 walter 199 at http://walternelson.com/dr Young Man with an Open Vest http://walternelson.com/dr/node/137 <p><img src="http://walternelson.com/dr/sites/default/files/imagepicker/w/walter/dkid.jpg" alt="Image" style="float:left; padding:29px;" /> This young man in a frock coat has his vest buttons undone in a style typical of the 1860s.</p> <p>The tendency to leave vest buttons unbuttoned was widespread in the 1860s, along with baggy clothes, unkempt hair and sloppy ties. It was all part of a notion that if a man spent too much time on his appearance, it indicated a shallowness of character.</p> http://walternelson.com/dr/node/137#comments Frock Suit Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:34:34 -0700 walter 137 at http://walternelson.com/dr