Highlights : Children : Children's clothing

Subcategory Children's clothing contains 13 item(s).

	"Study by Candlelight" 1891 1995.14.03 Parlor music, and piano playing in particular, symbolized good taste and moral respectability throughout the Victorian period.
	Deerfield Grammar School Class c. 1900 1996.12.0441 This class, housed in the remodeled Town House, was one of the only two schools in Deerfield, Massachusetts, with separate grades; the other twelve were one-room schoolhouses.
	Boy in a Skeleton Suit 1897-1898 1996.14.1928 Frances and Mary Allen photographed this boy playing with a hoop for an illustration in Alice Morse Earle's book, "Home Life in Colonial Days."
	Plaid suit c. 1870 1958.07 This boy's suit is made from wool tartan, a plaid fabric, and dates to the late 1860s.
	Infant's Mitts 1767-1768 1952.03a-b Embroidery like that appearing on these 18th century Christening mitts would be the inspiration for the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework's name and craft.
	Child's stays 1760-1790 1880.015.02 Corsets or "stays" were worn by women and girls.
	Sarah Coleman's shoe c. 1677 1876.39 This high-topped shoe of red wool lined in leather was worn by four-year-old Sarah Coleman when she returned from captivity in Canada after a 1677 attack on her town of Hatfield, Massachusetts.
	Boy's Suit 1957.02 19th century families who could afford to do so dressed boys in skirted outfits until the age of five.
	Children's boots c. 1850 1985.0024.110 Boys and men wore boots such as these for riding horses and for farm work.
	Christening Dress 1890-1900 1970.18.01 This Christening Dress was originally a wedding gown for Emily Rudman Tripp.