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Category: | Objects -> Clothing |
Donor: | Ruth (Beach) Selby |
Location: | Historic White Pine Village -> Rose Hawley Museum -> Room B |
Accession Number: | 2005.245.02 |
Name of Object: | Wedding dress worn by Clara M Knowles Beach |
Description: | sheer 2 piece dress, skirt is 36 with 2-1 tucks toward hem, hook and eye closure, top has wide lace down center front and around waistline, v shape in back with snap closure also v shape in front at neckline, sleeves are tapered and are sheer at top and underside, main bodice is 2 layers of the sheer material - Box - married in 1916 |
History: | Clara made dress, taught at Luther Foster and Longfellow schools-kindergarden and 5th grade for 17 years. She was the first kindergarden teacher at Luther Foster when it opened. Clara's father was F.S. Knowles, a dentist in Ludington. Clara lived at co |
Year Manufactured: | 1916 |