Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 168
an armyofficer, who had been stationed in the far West,said of it, in disgust, remembering her frontierresidence, With a mans hat on ! just like everyold Indian squaw ! This hat is certainly displeas-ing, but it was not worn through Indian taste; itwas an English fashion, seen on women of wealthas… … Pocahontas. Attire of Virginia Dames 123 much lightened by the gold hatband. These richhatbands were one of the articles of dress prohibitedas vain and extravagant by the Massachusetts magis-trates. They were costly luxuries. We findthem named and valued in many inventories in allthe colonies, and…
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