A Visit to G.C.V.& M. Mumford N.Y. Summer 2014

In June of 2014 we enjoyed the

 Jane Austen Fair at the

 Genesee County Village Living History Museum 

in Mumford NY

https://www.gcv.org/

There is an on going exhibit of historical clothing,

from the "Susan Greene" Collection,

and that summer the theme was;

 "Fashions in Fiction"

It was very enjoyable, and I thought 

that you would also enjoy!! 

the "John L. Wehle Gallery"

http://www.gcv.org/The-Gallery/Historic-Clothing-Exhibit

"Kidnapped"

"But a word once spoken 
who can recapture it"
         Robert Louis Stevenson, 
                         Kidnapped

Uncle Tom's Cabin

"There are in this world blessed souls,
whose sorrows all spring up into joys for others;
whose earthly hopes, laid in the grave with many tears,
are the seed from  which spring healing flowers
 and balm for the desolate and the distressed."
 Harriet Beecher Stowe
 Uncle Tom's Cabin

                               

A Christmas Carol

"There is nothing in the world so
  irresistibly contagious as 
  laughter and good humor."
 Charles Dickens,
 A Christmas Carol

The Virginian 

"Here in flesh and blood was truth which
long believed in words,but never met before."
 Owen Wister
The Virginian; A Horseman of the Plains

Doll clothes

(perhaps an Izannah Walker doll's dress in red)?

"Flirting is a women's trade

one must keep in practice."

Charlotte Bronte

Jane Eyre

"but for my own part,
if a book is well written,
I always find it too short."
       Jane Austen

Sherlock Holmes

"No man burdens his mind with
 small matters unless he has some
very good reason for doing so."
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study In Scarlet

There are many drawers

 filled with so many beautiful pieces

 of the finest hand stitched 

historical treasures!

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 Curator ~ Patricia Tice

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Oil paintings on display

in the "John L. Wehle Gallery"

Mildred Mousiekin is the "Curator" at

The Butt'ry and Book'ry

and she has put together a presentation 

of heirlooms and collectings !

She is dreaming of a sleigh ride some winter day!

Beaded bags from my English

 Great Grandmama

Petticoats 

Beautiul hand made laces and stitches

Laces and trims and dollie goods

Grandfather's christening gown

White cotton skirt and petticoat 

fur collars..

silk dress

Great Grandmama's lace sewn onto a dress 

 in the sixties by "Mommy" and myself  

from an older hand-me-down dress that was out of style.

I had designed the idea from the lace that I had

found in the sewing basket and admired.

 I begged Mommy to help me sew it, and we 

made it together without a pattern

When "Mommy was little she learned to make 3 collars in school and 

we still have all three!

Mommy's Wedding Gown!

This was pieced together by friends 

and family after the War. There was not much left in

 Berlin so this is a very cherished heirloom 

with a story of "HOPE" out of despair!

Mommy lived through incredible circumstances

in the WWII bombed out Berlin.

The loss of everything, but what was in 

2 suitcases (all else had burned) and starvation. 

Mommy and Daddy on their Wedding day

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..." Why do women want to dress like men when they're

fortunate enough to be women? Why loose femininity,

which is one of our greatest charms? We get more accomplished

by being charming then we would by flaunting around in pants 

and smoking"... TASHA TUDOR

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Sometimes one is fortunate enough

to be in the right place at the right time!!

I had the good fortune to obtain

hand knit stockings once belonging to 

Tasha Tudor's own collection,

that was auctioned off  by the

Augusta -WhitagerAuction Company in 2006!

I cherish these very much, and like to think

 that perhaps she actually

even tried them on !!

   

 Hope you enjoyed!

 Many BLESSINGS

Linnie and the Mousiekin Family 

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