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Clothing  


1760         Women's Silk Ball Gown. This silk gown is an example of the elegant dresses worn on special occasions by wealthy New Jersey women after the close of the Revolutionary War.

1789          Linen and Wood Stays. Stays, sometimes called a pair of stays, were a common woman’s garment in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

1845  The Lincoln Children, a portrait painted by Susan Waters.

 

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