Botany; Botany in Iowa; Plant ecology; Prairie ecology; Prairie plants
Bidens frondoasa to the left and cernua to the right (Leafy-bracted tickseed) specimens (handcolored), including flowers and leaves, identified as negative 1326
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.""
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
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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Carriage Dress, Dinner Dress, and Opera Dress. The Opera Dress offers a striped pattern, shirred bodice, puffy leg-of-mutton sleeves, and a belt emphasizing the waist. There is quite a bit of decorate detail, particular near the hem, and the dress...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Three coats; left mid-calf length, two buttons, patch pockets with buttons, buttoned belt, wide lapels with buttons on shoulders; center knee-length with two buttons, belt, slit pockets with decorative flap, two buttons on wide cuffs, decorative...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
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...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Five day and walking dresses with small sloped bustles, skirts heavily trimmed with multiple layers of ruffles, two jacket bodices with lapels, one mourning dress, one dress with overlapped bodice and asymmetrical trim, final covered with coat....
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Three day dresses, ankle-length hoop skirts with multiple flounced overskirts, coat sleeves, both v and horizontal lines on bodices, pleated ruffles or lace trim, small hat sitting on top of one's head and a small bonnet on center woman's head,...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Three day dresses with large hoop skirts all with multiple ruffled and flounced overskirts, long sleeves, high necklines. One has basque bodice, one wears cape with tassels, one small matching capelet with ribbon rosettes and ruffles. All have much...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Five day dresses with elliptical hoop skirts with small trains and multiple ruffled and flounced overskirts, sashes just above waistline with small bows or ribbon rosettes, all have long sleeves, high necklines, and all dresses are heavily trimmed....
