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19. Old napkin think date about 18940 <br /> 20. Unfi��'shed pillow sham m�de b y donor's mother Mrs. S arah <br /> Jane Merideth Groff (Jennie) about 1894. <br />- 21Q Crochet tidy made in eighties by �randmother of donor, <br /> Laura Ann Jourdan Groff, motk�er of Henry Bedford Groff {H.B. ) <br /> Z2o wedding drawers of donor�s mother, Sarah Jar,� I�erideth <br /> Groff {�ennie) date 1882, These had a ruffle of embroderie on them a1so, <br /> 23. Tatted collar made by donorts mother Sarah Jane Merideth <br /> Groff in 19a3-l�. <br /> 21�. Unfinished quilt started by donor's grandmother when �ie <br /> was about eight or nine ye ars old, date about 1835. worked on it at <br /> intervals until her death in 1893• This quilt has nieces of four <br /> g;enerations or more up to 1893Q �oxne of the se I have placed numbers <br /> on ard �ive record of heree Noticed how they are basted on paper, <br /> ol.d copy boaks, quarterlies, letters, etc then whipped stitched to- <br /> gether, The pati�nce of the past generations� The desire to show <br /> �ers�rverance, unusual a'�ility, art ex�ressed in the everday thin�s. <br /> he paper would have been torn out after top was finished before <br /> qus.lting. I suggest the bl�cks be bastec3 good enough on a sheet, <br /> with a few turned up to show the way it was done, of h� storical. <br /> val�ae in that it shows a comparison of dry goo�s of the last hundred <br /> years and also the pa.instaking �.nd pri�.e of t_r,e'old days, Alsa th� <br /> style and taste of those days, `�'his being done in wool insuead of cottan <br /> and linen the usual quilts now in existance that are so old makes it af <br /> more value, The lightar weig�!t bright co ars were ofter use� #'or b aby <br /> dresses but were bot or_ purpoae f�r the quilt, <br /> Blorks numbered. <br /> -T- Creton used for wrappers and ho��:.se dresses, sometimes <br /> handings. <br /> -2- Thin goads for quilts and sometimes other thin�s, suc�:l <br /> as baby clothes, tidies, pincushinn covers, <br /> -3- Nat creton as it looks but fine wool ir_ persian patte.rn. <br /> -t�- The striped goods bo� at 6dolbaehfs in the early eight- <br /> �eso Donor' s mother's dress, Sarah Jane i�lerideth <br /> Groff. She of'ten wore it in sufra�e and temperancs <br /> work. was secretary of the tF1oC,T.U, ( state) he.ld <br /> loca.l and district �f�'ices� anr3 gave lectures over <br /> the date, <br /> -�- In the 80ss ard 90ss ar d before �oods Iike the �ray <br /> was calle� brilliarxtznE an� w as usec3 f�r men 4 s <br /> summer coats samet�.mes pants �ut more often �roanen�s <br /> and childrer�s dresses, t�id not require sa mkch <br /> sta.fPening. Later was �ased far coat lining. <br /> -b- Up until the middle nineties little boys until 5 anc. <br /> 6 years old were kspt in dress�s usuaa_ly kilts often <br /> made aP plaids or eheeks wzth white cr other goo�s <br /> waists and for best a ja�ket somet�.mes of �relvet oz <br /> velveteen. <br /> Men' s shirts were made of the red ar_d ulaek ch.ecksm <br /> All shirts urere m�de by hand b�v wife or mother, <br /> or some �ther woman ir� the farr,ilvo Et*ery woman <br /> had her card board shirt pattern or a papsr pattern cu�; <br /> from it by hersel�'m wome�'s dresses ware rnade with a <br /> chart. Different hales punched ta mark thru with pencil <br /> to $et shape and size. Every size eould be taken <br /> from the same chart. <br /> -7- More brilliantire of 6Q�s, 70�s, 80�s 90�s. <br /> -8- From drsss of donors when a�zn�r �irl about 1,�8Z. <br /> -9- From dresses in donor s motner s (Sarah Jane P�Ierideth <br /> Groff ( Jennie) trouseauo She e ame to Nebraska in tY��e <br /> red in 1882, <br /> -10- <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />