Billerica Improvement Association, lecture word slide #13: ""The three following slides show how a plain, bare house can be draped by vines and surrounded by flowering plants at an original cost that need not exceed $100.""
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Bridesmaid, wedding, day and two visiting dresses all with large bustles. Bridesmaid dress has wide neckline and cap sleeves, elbow length gloves, flounced and ruffled skirt. Wedding dress heavily trimmed with flowers and lace and fabric draped...
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Three day and two evening dresses all with bustles and multiple flounced, ruffled, and tasseled overskirts gathered with bows and flowers several times to form trains. Day dresses have band collars, long sleeves with wide cuffs, fitted bodices, and...
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Two day dresses, large bustles, wide pleated skirts, basque bodices with large peplum draped over bustle (right dress), buttons, band collars; overskirts flounced, decorative buttons at waist and along bodice lines (left dress); both have 3/4...
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Three day dresses with ankle-length A-line skirts; left has bishop sleeve blouse with asymmetrical close, tall open collar, belt tied at waist, patch pockets on skirt, hat with embroidered crown and wide brim; center has vest, bishop sleeve blouse...
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Three day dresses, hobble skirts with instep-length hem, left has elbow length sleeves, button detail at hip, smocking at stomach, v-neck filled with lace; center has draped overdress with belt, elbow length sleeves, fur trim on sleeves and lapel...
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Two evening dresses, skirts have small bustles, full at hem, waist sashes, short sleeves with large shoulder puffs, hair piled on head without decorations; left dress has ruffle from shoulder to hem, bodice is draped horizontally, elbow length...
Barker, Celestia Lee, 1846- ; Barker, William B ; Cookery, American -- Midwestern style ; Farm life -- Iowa ; Home economics ; Religious education -- Iowa ; Rural families ; Women in agriculture ; Women teachers -- Iowa ; Iowa -- History -- Civil...
The majority of entries were written during the Civil War and describe Lee's work on the family farm, attending religious services, visiting family throughout central Iowa, social activities, and her beaux. She also describes her training to be a...
Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926-1986 making it the longest running homemaker program in the history of...
Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926-1986 making it the longest running homemaker program in the history of...
Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926-1986 making it the longest running homemaker program in the history of...
