From collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Collection
Silk fan
Woman's hand fan, silk with ivory spreaders, apparently worn with "going away" skirt and jacket outfit (see 2009.11.1180 and 2009.11.1942). One of the accessories said to have been worn with the "going away" outfit of Hannah (nee Dick) Macfarlan for her honeymoon trip. Married 21 April 1869 in Philadelphia.
Details
1869
bruce believes this item, though attached to the "going away" dress (2009.11.1180) when the dress and fan were accessioned in 2012, did NOT come in the accession from robin swain (freeman) as it is not in the photo of accessories (see item 1942)
