Wedding Jacket

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Name/Title

Wedding Jacket

Entry/Object ID

0009.044

Description

handmade gray wool jacket with cotton lining, white buttons in front

Use

worn at wedding Bessie (Heatwole) Wenger

Context

Made by Bessie for her wedding, Nov. 9, 1905

Collection

Wenger Family Collection

Cataloged By

Esther Bittinger

Category

Clothing

Acquisition

Accession

0009

Source or Donor

Oscar and Bessie (Heatwole) Wenger family, Edith Virginia Wenger & Mildred Wenger Plank

Acquisition Method

Gift

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Jacket

Clothing Sex

Female

Size

adult

Textile Details

Fabric

Worsted Wool

Material

Wool, Fabric

Color

Gray

Made/Created

Artist

Bessie (Heatwole) Wenger

Date made

circa 1905

Place

County

Rockingham County

Region

Shenandoah Valley

State/Province

Virginia

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

CLOTHING--OUTERWEAR

Category

03--PERSONAL ARTIFACTS

Location

Location

Box 7

Room

Storage

Building

Welcome Center

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2026.1

Inventoried By

Hannah Hendricks

Inventoried Date

Feb 28, 2026

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

Wedding Shoes (0009.045)

General Notes

Note Type

Date Cataloged

Note

03/19/2007

Created By

SRJ

Create Date

June 20, 2007

Updated By

info@brethrenmennoniteheritage.org

Update Date

March 1, 2026