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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.