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Clothing/Dress/Costume

Collection 6 notes with various pieces of information regarding the donor's family history and some scant information about the Quaker pieces of this donation itself.

2024.48.013a-f

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Historic Costume

Anna J. Eddy’s / handkerchief she / use to wear in / the neck of her dress My Mother — / spun the linen / in [?] before she / was married / which was / 4 mo 1818. / also the cover / on the writing / stand which was / of the same [?] Grandmother’s / cap — / Marg Lord [Wile?] / [linen?] spun and / this linen worn before / her marriage / in 1818 See Aunt Colly / faded pencil / strokes mittens / E. S. Kite Edith Cope’s / grandmother for / wedding trip by boat / on Erie Canal from / Buffalo to Hudson / Valley Anna Jane Sisson / 1-8-1892 / Born Collins NY (Erie) / married David Haviland Eddy / 8/15/24-1873 / Queensbury, NY Other side: 220 N. Aurora Street Phone 2493 / Anything wrong just bring it along to / TISDELL’S REPAIR SHOP / J. Aston, Mgr. / We extend a cordial welcome to / ____________ / We have a key for every lock. / We repair ZIPPERS, sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, toys, umbrellas and luggage. / We sharpen lawn mowers and file saws. / Please stop in and accept out welcoming gift.

Kite, Elizabeth S.

Eddy, Anna Jane Sisson

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