Lady's Quaker Bonnet

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Lady's Quaker Bonnet

Entry/Object ID

CW 623

Description

Bonnet, Lady's Quaker bonnet; brown silk; gathered at crown; cord bow; bavolet; matching ties. Maker's Label: "Rebecca Elkington Bonnet Maker, No. 444 North 4th Street, Philadelphia." Very good condition - cap fichu stained. Circa 1874. Worn by Margaret Masters. Transcribed from original accession record

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Label/Inscription/Signature

Notes

Maker's Label: "Rebecca Elkington Bonnet Maker, No. 444 North 4th Street, Philadelphia."

Provenance

Notes

Robeson Lea Perot, husband of the donor, was born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, the son of Joseph Sansom and Sallie Ann (Lea) Perot. "Major Robeson Lea Perot, was an architect and founder of the Varsity Club of the University of Pennsylvania, lived at 137 Harvey Street in Germantown. He was a major during the first World War...He was also honorary president of the Germantown Historical Society and for 37 years was a member of the board of directors of the Germantown Academy. " (Source: Bryn Mawr College Library: http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/gtn/insurnce/chr_w137.htm)