Bridesmaid Dress worn by Mary R. Snow

Bridesmaid Dress worn by Mary R. Snow
Bridesmaid Dress worn by Mary R. Snow

Basic details

Bridesmaid Dress worn by Mary R. Snow is an artifact, with genre dresses.
It was created May 9, 1867.
Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.
You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

This dress was worn by Mary R. Snow (b. 1840, d. 1899) when she was an attendant or bridesmaid for Lauretta Barnes Fay's wedding to Charles Mackey in May of 1867. Lauretta Fay was the daughter of Cyrus Fay, niece of Philander and Mary Fay Chase, and granddaughter of Cynthia Goodale Barnes Kilbourn. Mary Snow was the daughter of George and Eliza Snow of Worthington. She is buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery.

This white cotton net dress with silk ribbon embellishments and pagoda sleeves would have been worn over hoops.

Subjects

It features the person Mary R. Snow.
It covers the topics fashion and weddings.
It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1180.
The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 73-G-41.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on . It was last updated .

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Bridesmaid Dress worn by Mary R. Snow from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Bridesmaid Dress worn by Mary R. Snow. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.

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