Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Wedding dress with multiple flounced and ruffled overskirts, square neckline filled with scarf, elbow length sleeves with three puffs, full length veil, with 4 strands of pearls around neck, gloves, a fan and dress and veil trimmed with flowers....
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Five day dresses, moderate to large bustles, overskirts trimmed with embroidery, braid, or fur, two bodices are asymmetrically layered, two have jacket style bodices with lapels and buttons, leg-of-mutton sleeves, band collars on three, ""v""-neck...
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...
