Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 130
o school in England ; and she had amother-in-law ; — a mother-in-law who wrote sharplyof Bettys frivolity and extravagance, and said thesilly creature wouldthink herself ruined if she could not havetwo new lutestringgowns every year.With due respect tothe economical headof the house, two newrich… … Mrs. Betty Carter Byrd. wardrobe; at any rate, this hearty young woman, sofull of life and strength, was killed by the pullingover and falling over upon her of a heavy wardrobewhich she was searching. The shocking news was brought to Colonel Byrdas he sat at cards at a neighbors house, playing, it…
Clothing and dress
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from [Catalog] (1902)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-catalog00geob-45-153.webp)
