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- Fan
- circa 1870
- Parure: earrings, necklace, brooch
- 1855
- Wedding gift to donor's maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Jane Swetting, from her husband Joseph E. Gary, a respected Chicago judge.
- Dress: bodice and skirt
- 1863
- Dress was worn by Mary Jemima "Mima" Malcolm for her marriage to Thomas Raffington on January 4, 1863. Wear marks indicate that this dress was worn many times following the wedding.
- Fan
- 1816
- Used by Mrs. R. C. Fisk at her wedding April 4, 1816. Worn with wedding shoes - 1991.580.3a-b. Mrs. Fisk is Mr. Bennet B. Harvey Jr.'s great-great-grandmother.
- Parure
- circa 1880
- Worn by Mrs. John P. Olinger, mother of the donor.
- Purse
- 1863
- Wedding present to Mary C. Brown Tyler from Mrs. Charles S. Dole.
- Boots
- 1883
- Worn by Mrs. A. F. Ratray Grieg at Mrs. Potter Palmer's reception for the opening of her house on Lake Shore Drive. Mrs. Grieg was the daughter of David Rattray and Euretta Stuart who came to Illinois from New York in a covered wagon around 1837. ...
- Brooch
- 1860
- Belonged to mother of the donor.
- Card case
- circa 1865
- Belonged to Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer (1850-1918), mother-in-law of the donor.
- Dress
- 1891
- Gown from trousseau of Mrs. Andrew Chevalier (née Leila Abi Leonard) Woods.
- Garter buckles
- 1891
- Worn by Leila Abi Leonard at her wedding to Andrew Chevalier Woods on February 7, 1891.
- Garters
- 1899
- Worn by Bertha Botsford April 5, 1899 at her marriage to Dr. Robert Harvey in Chicago.
- Parure
- 1856
- Wedding gift of Josiah Shelton Wheeler to Anzonetta Cotton, September 16, 1856.
- Dress
- 1875
- Part of the trousseau of Mrs. George F. Winslow, mother of the donor.
- Overcoat
- circa 1870
- Worn by Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer.
- Dress
- 1854
- Worn by Sarah Seymour when she married William Blair on June 21, 1854.
- Dress
- 1880
- Part of the trousseau of Mrs. Lyon Playfair Ross, mother of the donor.
- Wreath
- 1854
- Worn by Mrs. Robert G. Spencer, née Sarah Beach.
- Dress
- 1874
- Worn by Mrs. Robert S. Elder, née Harriet Newell Dewey, mother of the donors, to her wedding in 1874.
- Ensemble: jacket, vest, and breeches
- 1897
- Worn by Paul B. Norland as a page at the wedding of Mattie Quales and Ernst A. Erickson in 1897. The wedding took place at the Quales family homestead at 1951 West Schiller Street, Chicago, where Mr. and Mrs. Erickson lived after their marriage....