Women's Beige Muslin Apron

Name/Title

Women's Beige Muslin Apron

Description

Apron is beige made of unbleached muslin. Simple apron that ties at the waist. On wearers bottom right there is a hand drawn picture of a woman in a dress and bonnet cooking over a fire in an iron kettle. In bottom center written in black is "Fairland 1852 1952." On wearers bottom right is a hand drawn picture of a woman in a pink bonnet and dress washing dishes in a wooden barrel.

Use

by Dorothy and Anne Fraker, to celebrate the Fairland Centennial in 1952.

Collection

Anne Turner Fraker

Acquisition

Accession

2012.017

Source or Donor

Dorothy Turner Fraker

Acquisition Method

Donation

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Apron

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Muslin

Material

Cotton

Color

Multicolor, Beige

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Dorothy Turner Fraker

Role

Seamstress

Date made

1952

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Fairland

Township

Brandywine Township

County

Shelby County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 17, 2012

Create Date

October 17, 2012

Update Date

January 23, 2025