DRESS

Description: 2 VOILE LACE SNAPS AT BACK OF NECK. PINK WITH WHITE MACHINE LACE. MACHINE STITCHED FRENCH SEAM. SELF SLEEVE FACED WITH BIAS TAPE, TRIMMED WITH LACE. NECKLINE FACED WITH BIAS TAPE WITH LACE. SMALL GATHERS AT SIDE WAIST. FRONT PLEATS WITH LACE; PLEATS AT BACK AS WELL.SMALL BROWN STAINS ON BACK OF HEM OF SKIRT.

History: WORN BY DONOR. BORN 1921. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF TALKED WITH THE DONOR, DORIS SCHEIBNER, WITH REGARD TO HER DONATIONS. SEE BELOW. SCHEIBNER USED THE DRESS IN SEDGEWICK, AB AT TWO YEARS OF AGE, IN 1923. SHE ONLY USED IT FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE SHE GREW OUT OF IT. HER MOTHER PROBABLY WOULD HAVE MADE THE DRESS. SHE WOULD HAVE PURCHASED THE MATERIAL AT SEDGWICK’S LOCAL STORE, WHICH SOLD A VARIETY OF GOODS. “I DON’T THINK THEY WOULD BE EVERYDAY DRESSES,” SHE SAID. IT WAS LIKELY THIS WAS A SUNDAY DRESS. SCHEIBNER SAID, “SUNDAY WAS A DAY TO BE BETTER DRESSED AFTER THE SATURDAY NIGHT BATH. I WAS THE ONLY GIRL IN THE FAMILY SO MY MOTHER PROBABLY LIKED TO DRESS ME UP A LITTLE BIT.” SUNDAY WAS THE DAY HER FATHER GROUND THE GRAIN FOR THE PIGS. HER MOTHER TRIED TO KEEP THE DAY SPECIAL BY SERVING DIFFERENT MEALS OR SOMETIMES HAVING VISITORS. NOBODY ELSE EVER USED THE DRESS. AFTER SCHEIBNER GREW OUT OF IT HER MOTHER PUT IT ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE UPSTAIRS. SCHEIBNER INHERITED THE DRESS WHEN SHE WAS MARRIED. IT HUNG IN THE CLOSET UNTIL SHE GAVE IT TO THE GALT MUSEUM. SHE DONATED IT BECAUSE IT WAS OLD. SEE P19880059010 FOR FAMILY HISTORY.