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Clothing and Accessories
Women's Clothing ➔ Wedding Dress
Identifier:
1985.42.1Description:
This black wedding dress is made of chiffon and has a silk underlayer. The long sleeves are unlined and there is draped chiffon from the proper right shoulder to the waist. This dress also has a velvet band around the waist as well as a velvet covered buckle on the proper left side. The skirt is asymmetrical. Features that are indicative of this time period are the tubular silhouette, the dropped waist, and the lightweight fabric.This wedding dress was worn by the donor's mother Iva Mae (Schank) Hosler when she married Frank Hosler from Eastport, Michigan.
Date:
circa 1919Current Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 2Source:
Gift Of Harriet KenneyRelated Entities:
Harriet Kenney (donor) Iva Mae (Schank) Hosler (used by)Iva Mae Schank was bornin Vassar, Michigan on November 20th, 1892. She married Frank Hosler from Eastport, Michigan near the 1920s. Frank died in 1939 and Iva married her second husband Clyde Shapard on March 9 1952. She died in November of 1984.
