Sepia Saturday 200: She made hats
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dee_burrisThis is a photo I estimate to be circa 1868-1875 of the millinery shop owned and operated by my great-great grandmother, Mary Emily (Conner) Meek in Grenada Co., MS. (Click here to read more about her.)
From comparing the only known photo I have of her to this one, I think grandmama was the lady seated to the right of the post.
But I can't be sure.
This is a Sepia Saturday post, republished on 26 Oct 2013 for Sepia Saturday 200. Head over there for more wonderful photos.
From comparing the only known photo I have of her to this one, I think grandmama was the lady seated to the right of the post.
But I can't be sure.
This is a Sepia Saturday post, republished on 26 Oct 2013 for Sepia Saturday 200. Head over there for more wonderful photos.
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Hats
Date: 2013-01-26 11:36 am (UTC)Re: Hats
Date: 2013-01-26 02:36 pm (UTC)Re: Hats
Date: 2013-01-26 04:05 pm (UTC)Thanks for showing this one to us.
Kathy M.
Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy
Bob Scotney
Date: 2013-01-26 02:33 pm (UTC)Re: Bob Scotney
Date: 2013-01-26 02:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-26 10:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-27 01:29 pm (UTC)hats
Date: 2013-01-27 02:31 am (UTC)From Alan Burnett
Date: 2013-01-27 10:07 am (UTC)Re: She made hats
Date: 2013-01-27 11:34 am (UTC)Did you know that the Meek surname is (also) Dutch? Oldest record I could find is an Elisabeth Meek who had her daughter baptized in New Amsterdam on July 21, 1697.
If you are interested, please contact me at patmiebies at gmail dot com.
from Brett Payne/Photo-Sleuth
Date: 2013-01-27 09:34 pm (UTC)Re: from Brett Payne/Photo-Sleuth
Date: 2013-01-28 02:41 pm (UTC)That's why I used 1875 as my outside date.
I think you are calling a puffy sleeve - which was in vogue in the late 1860s and early 1870s, a "leg of mutton sleeve." A leg of mutton sleeve was generally gathered at the elbow and tight from there on down to the wrist, as in this photo of dress patterns from the 1890s below.
Also, that flat hat worn by the woman I believe to by my grandmother was in vogue in the 1870s. Women tended to wear their hats more straight atop their heads or even pitched forward on the forehead.
By the 1890s, the crowns of women's hats had gotten much higher, and the Gibson Girls were emulated by many women, with their cloche style hats.
no subject
Date: 2013-01-28 06:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-22 06:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-02-17 01:09 pm (UTC)Margel
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Date: 2013-02-17 01:34 pm (UTC)The longer I look at the photo here, the more I wonder if the woman standing to the far right is Mary's mother. If so, this photo would have to have been taken no later than 1866. Betsey Curtis Conner's photo is on her Find a Grave memorial.
from Kristin
Date: 2013-10-24 10:47 pm (UTC)It's me again commenting on today's repost of this
Date: 2013-10-22 06:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-10-23 11:09 am (UTC)Ditch that bra!
Date: 2013-10-23 04:19 pm (UTC)I have had the experience of opening an envelope to see a copy of my grandparents' marriage certificate, and it is a real thrill to be sure.
Very enjoyable.
Kat
TONY ZIMNOCH
Date: 2013-10-25 09:48 am (UTC)Re: TONY ZIMNOCH
Date: 2013-10-25 01:45 pm (UTC)Great photo
Date: 2013-10-26 05:49 am (UTC)Sepia Saturday
Date: 2013-10-26 09:14 am (UTC)Great photo
Date: 2013-10-26 04:58 pm (UTC)MIKE BRUBAKER
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Date: 2013-10-28 10:34 am (UTC)Hats
Date: 2013-10-28 12:01 pm (UTC)hats
Date: 2013-10-28 03:30 pm (UTC)The Silver Fox
200!!
Date: 2013-11-10 04:31 am (UTC)Lovely picture, a testimony to your family roots
and to the Sepian spirit.
Hats off to you!!!
:)~
HUGZ
Re: 200!!
Date: 2013-11-10 02:29 pm (UTC)