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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