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    • Dress and slip

    • Dress and slip
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    • 1927

    • Worn by the donor's Mother, Mrs. Charles DeWitt O'Kieffe, Jr., née Mary Louise Wright, as a wedding dress in a civil ceremony December 31, 1927, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mary Louise Wright was born January 12, 1906 and died November 13, 1985....
    • Dress: bodice and skirt

    • Dress: bodice and skirt
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    • 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

    • Fan
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    • 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

    • Parure
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    • circa 1880

    • Worn by Mrs. John P. Olinger, mother of the donor.
    • Purse

    • Purse
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    • 1863

    • Wedding present to Mary C. Brown Tyler from Mrs. Charles S. Dole.
    • Boots

    • Boots
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    • 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

    • Brooch
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    • 1860

    • Belonged to mother of the donor.
    • Lingerie

    • Lingerie
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    • 1925

    • Part of the trousseau of donor's aunt, Lena Kagan, who was married in 1925.
    • Card case

    • Card case
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    • circa 1865

    • Belonged to Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer (1850-1918), mother-in-law of the donor.
    • Dress

    • Dress
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    • 1891

    • Gown from trousseau of Mrs. Andrew Chevalier (née Leila Abi Leonard) Woods.
    • Garter buckles

    • Garter buckles
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    • 1891

    • Worn by Leila Abi Leonard at her wedding to Andrew Chevalier Woods on February 7, 1891.
    • Ensemble: negligee and chemise

    • Ensemble: negligee and chemise
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    • 1926

    • Brought from Paris and part of the trousseau of Carolyn Baum (born August 7, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died March 28, 1993). She was married on November 15, 1925 in Chicago to Modie Joseph Spiegel, Jr. (born January 29, 2901, died...
    • Garters

    • Garters
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    • 1899

    • Worn by Bertha Botsford April 5, 1899 at her marriage to Dr. Robert Harvey in Chicago.
    • Parure

    • Parure
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    • 1856

    • Wedding gift of Josiah Shelton Wheeler to Anzonetta Cotton, September 16, 1856.
    • Dress

    • Dress
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    • 1875

    • Part of the trousseau of Mrs. George F. Winslow, mother of the donor.
    • Ensemble: dress and stole

    • Ensemble: dress and stole
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    • 1931

    • Worn by donor while acting as Matron of Honor at the wedding of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Strauss, Jr., on June 14, 1931.
    • Overcoat

    • Overcoat
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    • circa 1870

    • Worn by Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer.

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