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Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)

Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 346

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But I should like to have a clear vision of the attireof all who have come out bride in the Old SouthChurch in Boston. The first maid-servants ofWinthrop, godly young women help, the chil-dren of his old English neighbors, were speedilymarried in the New World, where bachelors were … Bridegrooms Hat and Brides Bonnet of Pink Silk Plush. not only most forlorn but most restricted and mostdespised. From their simple substantial dress downto the satin gown and point-lace veil of the fashion-able wedding of later years — what a Cyclopaedia ofCostume ! The decorous little procession…

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