Items

• bathing suits

  Navy wool knit bathing suit with green trim.
• bathing suits

  Dark grey wool knit bathing suit with stripes of purple, green, and peach.
• bathing suits

  Solid black wool knit bathing suit.
• cummerbunds

  Pink chiffon pleated cummerbund or sash.
• gloves

  Light purple lightweight knit gloves.
• day dresses

  Rose-color midi-length lace dress with 3/4 or elbow-length sleeves.
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  bodices

  Brown wool bodice with tiny white print.
• caps (headgear)

  Black satin cap.
• skirts (garments)

  Black satin skirt.
• bodices

  Black satin bodice with lace overlay.
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  wedding dresses

  Ivory silk wedding dress with full lace overlay and long train.
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  chemises (underwear)

  Off-white sheer chemise with woven polka-dot pattern.
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  bed jackets

  Off-white lace bedjacket.
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  Chandler Bodice - Provenance

  Cardboard box from Stern's of New York with handwritten notes that read "Old clothes of Hope's family - Great Grandmas basque," "Old Chandler Clothes - Basque," and "Old Chandler Basque." Also includes shipping label from Val H. Wilson to Mrs. H.W. Rowe
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  Cummerbund - Provenance

  Tissue paper with handwritten note that reads "Cummerbund to rose dress worn at Ruth's wedding?"
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  Child's Dress - Provenance

  Sticker label that reads "This skirt part originally was a petticoat of Frank (?) Foster's"
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  Children's Clothes - Provenance

  Cardboard box from Cotrell and Leonard with a handwritten note that reads "Ruth's - Esther's little dresses" and sticker label with "Little dresses + other clothes of Ruth's or Esther's"
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  Bathing Suits - Provenance

  Cardboard box from Cotrell and Leonard with handwritten note which reads "4 old Jantzen bathing suits." Paper notes read "Hope's very ancient bathing suit," "Hope's Janzen bathing suit vintage 1921," and "Hope's Janzen bathing suit."
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  Black Satin Set - Provenance

  Handwritten note on cardboard box which reads "Black satin lining of Frank Lancaster's grand-mother's dress -- Hope used the black lace."
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  Hope's Rose Dress - Provenance

  Box from The Star Millinery and Cloak Company in Lewiston, Maine, with handwritten note which reads "Hope's rose lace dress worn at Ruth's wedding."
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  Eleanor Hope Chandler Rowe
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  Harry Willison Rowe
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  Valentine Haining Wilson
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  Ruth Rowe Wilson
• blouses (main garments)

  Off-white tulle blouse with long sleeves.