Woman's Parasol

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Parasol

Entry/Object ID

CW 561

Description

Parasol. Woman's reddish-brown parasol; small folding carved ivory handle and ferule (shaft). Parasol was used by the donor's mother, Mary Anna Hancock Dixon (1848-1886). Good condition. Circa 1865. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Parasol was used by the donor's mother, Mary Anna Hancock Dixon (1848-1886). She and her husband, Charles A. Dixon, lived at 3503 Hamilton Street, Powelton Village, Philadelphia. They were members of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. (Source: poweltonvillage.org/interactivemap/files/3503hamilton.htm) Mrs. George Wooley Lukens is the former Susanna Hancock Dixon. George Wooley Lukens and Susanna Hancock Dixon were married June 14, 1899 at the Friends Meeting, 219 West Coulter Street, Germantown.