Fur Waistcoat

I was recently looking though the online William Notman collection of photos. I came across two photos showing unusual waistcoats. Both photos are from Montreal, Canada in 1868-69. <a href="http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/I-35652.1/" target="_blank">J. Notman, Montreal, QC, 1868-69</a> <a href="http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/I-35489.1/" target="_blank">William Webb, Montreal, QC, 1868-69</a> I recognized the material of the waistcoats as a very distinctive fur called…

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