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Dress, Child'sEntry/Object ID
51.90.5Description
Pink Nylon Organdy Child's Dress. Material: textile, shell. Size: 12 1/2" W. x 20 1/2" L. Description: pink nylon organdy with white and green flower print; rounded neckline; short sleeves; neckline and sleeves edged with white cotton lace; waistline ties attached in front; white lace insert and two vertical pleats on front bodice; closure with four pink buttons in back neckline placket; embroidered accents encircle waistline and ties.Context
Dress sewn by Mildred Appelonia (Fertig) Hartig, grandmother to donor. Beth Mary (Parkyn) Clemons wore these dresses in the 1960s when she was a small child living in Waterville, LeSueur County, Minnesota. Donor’s grandmother was 73 years old and lived with her daughter and son-in-law Florence and Vern Ellingson in Mill Valley, Marin, California.
Mildred was born 8 July 1886 in Arcadia, Trempealeau, Wisconsin to Joh Martin Fertig, a purebred German from Watterbach, Bavaria, Germany and Mary Gasal, a purebred Swiss from Sauk, Sauk, Wisconsin, both pioneer families that settled in the region. Mildred taught school in Miles City, Custer, Montana where she met and married John Frederick Hartig.Cataloged By
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Dress, Child'sClass
Clothing, OuterwearCategory
Personal ArtifactsCreate Date
March 19, 1992Update Date
November 21, 2024