From 'Happily Ever After' Exhibit: an 1858 Wedding Dress – Roanoke History & O. Winston Link MuseumsHistorical Society of Western Virginia

It’s not often a small institution such as the History Museum has textiles from before the Civil War because the clothes were worn often (even wedding dresses were kept as part of a regular wardrobe) and the washings they got were harsh. If an outfit did survive its owner, it sat in an attic or bas

From 'Happily Ever After' Exhibit: an 1858 Wedding Dress – Roanoke

From 'Happily Ever After' Exhibit: an 1858 Wedding Dress – Roanoke

From 'Happily Ever After' Exhibit: an 1858 Wedding Dress – Roanoke

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