Dress

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 2727

Description

Dress. Girl's dress; blue and white striped cotton; long sleeves; A-line body; wide cuffs and Collar; buttons at center front; embrodered lace on cuffs & collar. Unknown date. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Cotton; lace

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Swain, Evelyn L., Isabel D. and Joseph Warner

Provenance

Notes

Donors, Evelyn L. Swain (born 1882) & Isabel D. Swain (Born 1892) were the daughters of Joseph Warner Swain (1849-1923). "SWAIN, JOSEPH WARNER (Swain Bros.), miners and shippers of coal; son of Anthony and Abby (Warner) Swain; born Bristol, Penna., June 25, 1849. Educated Friends' Central School, Phila. Married Jessie McKechnie; children. Evelyn, Warner, Alexander and Isabel. Established the firm of Swain Bros, 1871, and engaged continuously in the coal mining and shipping business since that date; Society of Friends. Republican. Clubs, Union League, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Germantown Cricket, Welcome Society, St. Andrews Society. Residence, Queen Lane and Stokley St., Germantown. Business address, Pennsylvania Bldg. Philadelphia, Pa.” Swain is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery. (Source: http://poweltonvillage.org/interactivemap/files/3303race.htm)