Title

Wedding Dress

Creation Date

1902

Description

Blouse to wedding dress. Home made of blue gray fabric, pleated front, gathered long sleeves with white swirled trim at the end and part way up to the elbow. described in the wedding write up as; "Steel blue lawnsdown silk with an old ivory satin yolk and ivory braid on the skirt and train." The bodice has stays and brown fabric lining. The yoke is pleated white fabric with the same swirl trim. The back is closed with hooks and eyes. There are holes under the arms where the fabric is disintegrating. The fabric of the yoke and collar are also disintegrating. Worn by women of the Flom / Hedine family. It was worn by Louise Thompson when she married Sam Flom in December of 1902, then by four of her daughters at their own weddings: Marjorie to Marvin Ettesvold in 1933, Hazel to Arnold Flom in 1937, Sylvia to Arthur Long in 1941 and Mildred to John Johannesson in 1959.