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The Last and Newest Fashions, Morning Dresses and Fashionable Millinery, showing pelerine or Eliza collar?, a shirred bodice with a short puffed sleeve, the puffed leg-of-mutton sleeve cuffed at the wrist, continuing emphasis on the waist with...
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The Last and Newest Fashions, Fashionable Habits and Morning Dresses. The Riding Habits show a top hat decorated with flowing ribbons, a the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle) tied with a bow, puffed leg-of-mutton sleeves with cuffed wrists,...
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London Fashionable Walking and Full Dress, showing an empire waist, fitted bodice and short cap sleeves. A short lined with lace cape is also included, in addition to Grecian hair styles (engraved for The Lady's Magazine).
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London Fashionable Walking and Full Dress, showing a laced bodice, slit cap sleeves, gloves, and purse. The Walking dress includes a lace lined overcoat, ermine stole, feathered hat and parasol (engraved for the Lady's Magazine)
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London Fashionable Morning Dress with cape and straw hat; also includes young man with Elizabethan collar and jacket (engraved for the Lady's Magazine)
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Fashionable Dinner and Evening Dress for March 1827, showing widening shoulders with loose leg-of-mutton sleeves and decorative ruffling at the wrist, a decorated bodice, the waist defined by a ribbon or belt, with plaid and other patterns...
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...