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H6064 Child's dress, fine white cotton, high round neckline, shirred short puff sleeves, centre back opening with 3 large metal hooks & 6 button holed cotton loop fastenings. Opening extends halfway down centre back seam, cotton tape drawstring neckline,
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Child's dress, fine white cotton, high round neckline, shirred short puff sleeves, centre back opening with 3 large metal hooks & 6 button holed cotton loop fastenings. Opening extends halfway down centre back seam, cotton tape drawstring neckline, c. 1850-1860.(OF).
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Purchased 1959
This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
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