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Natural color braided straw hat with medium high crown and wide brim (of varying widths) with multi-color trimming. Five, three-inch diameter fabric flowers trim front of crown, their centers made of curled straw (?) and embroidery floss.…

Dome-shaped hat with very narrow brim of brown velvet, the crown entirely covered pheasant feathers. A small cockade of feathers also trims the proper right side. Feathers create a pattern radiating from the cockade over the top of the crown. A…

Shawls, capes, and scarf coats were a popular choice worn over sleeveless evening gowns. This deep apricot velvet evening coat has dolman sleeves, and a dyed fox fur collar. It is sophisticated and rather high end with its reversible rust gold…

Domed hat with narrow brim, called a cloche, made of a fancy-weave synthetic straw material on clear horsehair-type braid; hat band of ivory and taupe grosgrain ribbons ending at the side with pale green Art Deco style hat pin and pleated swirls of…

Close-fitting domed cloche hat with crown of fine black straw and narrow slightly curved brim of black felt. Brim edge is cut to shape and left unbound. A vertical applique of the felt is stitched to the proper right side. A hat pin ornament of two…

May be Annie B. Jennings.

Woman in garden.

An African-American woman standing by a fence.

The Wilson's Mill school which was build about 1897. In that year the school wagon plan was adopted and many small schools were closed. This building stood opposite Wilson's Mill, so it would have been on the west side of Congress St. across from…