Photograph of F.A.B.M.
Photograph of F.A.B.M. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #10, from Pamela A. Roberts, VC prep 1866-7)
Maria Mitchell Class
Maria Mitchell poses with the first Astronomy class at Vassar College. vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/faculty/original-faculty/maria-...
Brown Silk Bodice with Double-Pointed Waist
Date: 1863 (circa)
brown silk close-fitting bodice with points at waist; neckline high in back and front, with black lace around edge; cut in 3 pieces, one for back, one for each side of front; two darts either side of CF, going from under bust to the two points…
Brown Plaid Day Dress
Date: 1850-1870
; brown silk with cream brown and black plaid, brown polished cotton, black cotton hem band, metal hook and eyes and snaps, covered buttons full skirt, fitted bodice with higher waist fitted bodice, two waist darts in front, princess seem at back…
Wedding Dress of Margaret A. Heminway
Date: 1854
Dress of cream silk taffeta; lining made of off-white polished cotton; crinoline silhouette; boned bodice, barrel-chested, princess seams in back, three waist darts in front; high neckline, finished with fine piping of about 1/6"; cap sleeves with…
Gray Silk Evening Bodice with Lace
Date: 1855-1865
Grey silk evening bodice with lace sleeves and yoke'; grey-blue heavy silk, grey -t blue silk satin, metal boning (possibly plastic), cotton batting, lined w/ white polished cotton, lavender silk ribbon, cotton (?); black ribbon at cuffs; blue…
Cream and Brown Printed and Striped Bodice
Date: 1867 (circa)
cream lightweight silk with narrow brown stripe, perpendicular pattern of a light brown wider stripe with brief patches of dark brown (paintbrush effect); dark brown velvet ribbon (probably silk, but unsure); sateen weave cotton (or possibly linen)…