Calash

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Calash

Entry/Object ID

CW 79-122

Description

Bonnet. Woman's calash bonnet. Bright green calash with wood hoops. Owned by the donor's great great grandmother Wood. No condition given. Circa 1830. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Height

12-1/2 in

Width

11-3/4 in

Depth

11-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Bavolet is 3-1/2 in long. Ribbons are 17-3/4 in long.

Material

Silk (?); wood hoops

Provenance

Notes

Owner: Owned by the donor's great great grandmother Wood. Owned by the donor's great great grandmother Wood. Stacey B. Campion Wood (1934-2012) Obituary: WOOD LT. STACY B. C., JR, USNR, 78, died Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Hospital of the Univ. of PA. He graduated from Westtown School, tended his family's farm outside Malvern, attended Haverford College, and received his BA from American Univ. He served in the U.S. Navy with the N.S.A. and was awarded the Bronze Star. He left active duty in 1971 became a clockmaker and, in 1976, became director of the National Watch & Clock Museum, Columbia, PA. In his third act, he became an historian and genealogist, traced his lineage to seven of the Mayflower Pilgrims, and was Gov. of the SMDPA from 2001 to 2003. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Susanne; sister Mary LeBaron Valentine Kurtz, brother Cooper, and children, S.B.Campion 'Sam' Wood III (Lisa Trudel), Philippa 'Pippa' Siguenza (Enrique), Joseph Howland Wood (Holly Carrington); eight grand-children, Leon, Natalia, Emilio, Max, and Tomas Siguenza; Elizabeth and Nora Wood, and Harlan Wood. In lieu of flowers, donations to the SMDPA's Education and Classroom Visits program: Treasurer Dorothy Y. Lees, PO Box 123, Wellsville, PA 17365. Visitation will begin at 10:30 A.M. Monday, May 7th with Memorial at 11:30 A.M. at BRINGHURST FUNERAL HOME AT WEST LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, 225 Belmont Ave., Bala Cynwyd. (Source: Philly.com from May 4 to May 6, 2012)