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1. Cerise Going Away Dress, 1962 - Dress

   Cerise Going Away Dress, 1962. Cerise shantung dress with princess seams on bust, extended cap sleeves, notched neckline, and knife pleats on skirt. Dress has been altered at waist in back, to expand two of the pleats. Back closure with hook and thread loop at neck and hidden steel zipper, painted cerise, down back. Bodice is flat-lined in cerise nylon and skirt is unlined. Three white makers labels inside skirt.

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2. Cerise Going Away Jacket, 1962 - Jacket

   Cerise Going Away Jacket, c. 1962. Cerise shantung bolero-cut jacket with three-quarter length sleeves, and mandarin collar. Jacket has three large pearlescent plastic buttons, 1.375 inches in diameter, and welted buttonholes down front. Jacket is lined in cerise silk and has two white makers labels inside.

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3. Chinese Wedding Dress, c. 1947-1948 - Dress, Wedding

   Chinese Wedding Dress, c. 1947-1948. Is primarily gold with black accents. There is a white floral pattern all over the dress with black tips, and each flower has a red, orange, green, or blue inlay. The dress has two slits at its base approximately 6" in length. Has a zipper that runs about halfway up the right side, then connects to four fasteners. Two of the fasteners are from a raised, black floral design that fasten like a button.

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4. Kreiss Wedding Dress, c. 1900-1905 - Dress

   Kreiss Wedding Dress, c. 1900-1905. Hand-sewn c. 1900-1905 dress worn by Alice Alma McCormick (1884-1917) when she married Frederick Wilhelm Kreiss (son of Michael and Josephine--owners of Kreiss Pioneer Brewery in Redwood City). Dress consists of bodice (A), and skirt (B) and underskirt (C). Black taffeta underskirt (C) has a smooth layer on top that covers a pleated layer to give fullness to the skirt. Bodice (A) and skirt (B) have a matchi...

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5. Lavender and Gold Wedding Shawl, n.d. - Shawl

   Lavender and Gold Wedding Shawl, n.d. Shawl is in lavender silk with specks of gold around the outside border of the scarf. On each side of the shawl, the design is a golden branch with some leaves connected to the branch. The gold specks on the scarf seemed to have been tagged on and looks to be handmade.

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6. Men's Suspenders, c. 1860s - Suspenders

   Men's Suspenders, c. 1860s. Pink silk with multicolored embroidered floral design with leather and elastic straps and metal button fasteners.

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7. Mother of the Groom Dress, 1969 - Dress

   Mother of the Groom Dress, 1969. Light blue linen short-sleeved shift dress with fourteen white eyelet applique flowers down front. Organdy flowers, are possibly linen or cotton, and have eyelet centers, and either five, six or eight pointed petals. Dress has French darts, round neckline and one seam pocket on the proper right side. Back closure with hook and thread loop at collar and and hidden zipper with blue enamelled metal pull and plastic t...

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8. Wedding Dress Bodice of Anna Mary Lewis, 1916 - Dress, Wedding

   Wedding Dress Bodice of Anna Mary Lewis, 1916. Ecru-colored silk(?) outer shell is overlain with ecru-colored lace at sleeves, chest and upper back. Lace has a floral/vine motif with horizontal scalloped edging at neck, front and back, and vertical scalloped edging on sleeves and section of sleeve that overlaps chest. Ecru-colored sequin ribbon forms the lower section of a square on both front and back, covering stitching where lace is attache...

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9. Wedding Headdress, 1939 - Headband

   Wedding headdress worn by Helen Way on February 4, 1939. Decorative lace headband worn by Helen Way during her wedding in 1939. Ecru-colored lace forms a 3" tall crown with a point at top center two more on sides above ears. Front of lace has a floral motif with a large decorative half-oval in the center below the center point. It is attached to ecru-colored tule that is wrapped around a wire frame: two bands of wire form an arch at the base...

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10. Wedding Ring Pillow, 1892 - Pillow, Ring

    Ring pillow, c. 1888. Small cream satin, heart-shaped pillow trimmed with cream ribbon with cream bow at the top. Embroidered with a small floral design in cream and blue. Metal ring tied to the pillow at the center-left with cream ribbon that looks newer. Ring pillow for the wedding of Gertrude Clark, daughter of Warren Dearborn and Maude Hopkins Clark, descendants of Moses and Anna Hopkins.

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11. Wedding Ring Quilt, c. 1930s - Quilt, Bed

    Wedding Ring Quilt, c. 1930s. Cotton quilt with wool batting that is hand pieced and hand quilted. The ground and backing fabric is mint green cotton with scalloped edges. Wedding ring patches interlock in blocks of four across the width and five down the length. The pattern shows four solid blue and white squares where the rings intersect. The rest of the fabric in the rings includes calico prints in blues, pinks, lavenders, browns, yellows, gre...

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