Woman's Mourning Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Mourning Dress

Entry/Object ID

CW 543

Description

Dress. Woman's black handkerchief-linen mourning dress; elaborate inserts of black lace. Worn by Mrs. Barclay Harding Warburton after the death of her Mother, Mrs. John Wanamaker (Mary Erringer Brown Wanamaker [1839–1920]). Excellent condition, but missing its belt. Circa 1920. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Waist: 30 in Bust: 34-1/2 in Shoulders: 19 in Length: 60-1/2 in

Provenance

Notes

Worn by Mrs. Barclay Harding Warburton after the death of her Mother, Mrs. John Wanamaker (Mary Erringer Brown Wanamaker [1839–1920]). "Major Barclay Harding Warburton I (1866 – 1954) was the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. He was born on April 1, 1866 in Philadelphia to Charles Edward Warburton. At the death of his father he became the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. On June 13, 1895 he married Mary Brown Wanamaker (1871–1954). They had three children: Mary Brown Warburton, (1895–1937); Barclay Harding, II, (1898–1936); and C. Egerton Warburton, (1903-1973). "In 1921 he was named as the Special Police Commissioner for Philadelphia by Mayor Joseph Hampton Moore. He died on December 5, 1954." (Source: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barclay_Harding_Warburton_I)