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One adult day dress with a bustle and multiple overskirts, pagoda sleeves with tassels on opening from elbow to wrist, tassels on overskirts and shoulder/back area, hat has flower and ribbons. Young women's dresses are shorter with smaller bustles...
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Day and evening dresses all with full, hoop skirts. The first woman is wearing a burnoose over her dress. The second has a dagged, shoulder cape over her long sleeved, fitted bodice; a long sash tied around her waist with a bow in back; a layered...
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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...
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Two heavily trimmed day dresses with small bustles and intricate detailing and trim on skirts, front of one skirt repeatedly gathered horizontally with buttons, other has multiple overskirts flounced, tasseled and gathered to form tail. First has...
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Two day dresses with sloping bustles and overskirts gathered with bows to form train, tassels, wide cuffs with ruffles or ribbon trim, jacket bodices curve over hips to point at center front, decorative buttons and bows, standup collars edged with...
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Two day dresses with small sloped bustles, overskirts gathered into trains, heavily trimmed with ruffles or tassels, and stand-up collars. Right dress has coat sleeves with military-style frogging on sleeves, bodice is princess-cut leading into...
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Day dresses for a woman, baby, and child, illustrate the wide, full silhouette. The woman is wearing a fitted bodice with lace collar; long, full sleeves, a huge skirt, and a lace cap. Both children are wearing extremely full dresses, decorated...
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Two day dresses both with jewel necklines, fitted bodices, narrow waistlines, and full skirts. The left dress shows a simple bodice with fringe below the bustline, buttons at center front, a lace collar, long sleeves with 3 puffs on the upper arm...
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Evening and outdoor ensembles with fitted bodices and large hoop skirts. The 3 evening dresses all have wide, low necklines edged with lace; short sleeves, pointed waistlines, and gloves. The center woman has a long sleeved, fitted jacket that...
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Evening Dress and Full Dress. The Evening Dress is displayed from the back and demonstrates a low neckline trimmed with lace, an overlay decorated with lace and tassels, a continuing emphasis on the waist with a piped belt, and a full skirt. The...
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Two evening dresses with bustles, multiple overskirts with ruffles and lace trim, wrist length gloves, hair completely up with small feather in one's hair, necklace and bracelets, one has wide rounded neckline with short puff sleeves and pointed...
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...
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The New Spring and Summer Cloaks and Mantles, demonstrating 5 varieties of loose capes and tent-shaped mantles or paletots that all provided modest warmth and coverage for the large hoop skirts. They have various trims including lace, tassels,...
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...
