Title: Facts on Clothes in Jamestown, Virginia During Colonial Times | LEAFtv
Headings: Facts on Clothes in Jamestown, Virginia During Colonial Times
Facts on Clothes in Jamestown, Virginia During Colonial Times
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Content: Daughters of wealthy families wore stays that were stiffened with whale bone and lined with linen. It was believed that these would help with posture and girls as young as three months old wore stays with their dress clothing. Because stays restricted movement, working-class daughters did not wear stays with their daily clothing. Like their mothers, girls wore mob caps at all times. Brought to you by leaf.tv
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Colonial Williamsburg; Looking at Eighteenth-Century Clothing; Linda Baumgartner; 2011
Colonial Williamsburg: A Colonial Gentlemen's Clothing--A Glossary of Terms
Colonial Williamsburg: A Colonial Lady's Clothing--A Glossary of Terms
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