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Sunbonnet
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Adult woman's sunbonnet made from checked brown and cream fabric, cotton. Long bavolet curtain, attached with milk glass buttons. Brim is same cotton, interfaced, with self-frill around edge. Inner-seams bound with brown speckled calcio fabric in strips. One tie on outside is missing, leaving a tear behind.
2025.38.003
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Historic Costume
Sunbonnet
Female
1860 - 1910