Wedding Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Wedding Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 6126

Description

Wedding dress. Off-white satin. Lined with off-white silk crepe. Long sleeves. Braiding around neck. Low waistline. Knee-length in front; long train in back.

Made/Created

Date made

1929

Provenance

Notes

Worn by Mabel Schwarz at her marriage to Harry Allen, June 29, 1929, at the Methodist Church, Chelten and Wistar Street. Dress made to order at Allen's Department Store ($90). Donor: Irene M. Buzek, 1971.