Title

Wedding Dress

Creation Date

1900
1900 – 1930

Description

Skirt to wedding dress. Home made of blue gray fabric, with white swirled trim at the bottom and in lines up the front. It has brown fabric lining and a brown corduroy edging on the inside. The skirt is 40" long extending into a 50" train. The waist is 26". There is a tear by the snap opening in the back and several small stains and holes. There is a fabric band around the waist attached to the skirt by a pin. 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.