Woman's Dress

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 265

Description

Dress. Woman's dress; brown calico; cream figures; wide full collar; down removable pillow lining in sleeves; hand sewn; corded seams; button-down front; full and loose. Rare specimen of house garment, perhaps worn for maternity or "flying Josie" (unbuttoned - worn open) housedress. From the collection of Miller Antiques. Good condition. Circa 1830. Transcribed from Original Accession Record

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Material

Calico, buttons, cording

Provenance

Notes

"William Booth married Elizabeth M. Broomall in 1841. Their son, George M. Booth, was born in 1851 and married Ellen Miller, daughter of Lewis and Ann McIlvaine Miller in 1876. Their daughter, Elizabeth Martin Booth, married Robert Emerson Lamb of Baltimore in 1908 at Chester, Pa. The collection contains correspondence (1821-1963), diaries and journals (1833-1905), albums, legal and financial papers, photographs, genealogical and biographical materials, and miscellaneous memorabilia of the Lamb, Booth, Miller, and related families primarily of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. "Robert E. and Elizabeth B. Lamb, James G. Lamb, 1917 - 1963, and others. (Source: An Inventory of the Lamb-Booth-Miller Family Papers, 1709-1959: Friends Historical Society, Swarthmore College)