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NightgownItem Info
- Title:
- Nightgown
- Date:
- c. 1886
- Exhibition Label:
- One of the perks of being a lady's maid was that you were often given cast off clothing from the mistress of the house. This was true in the Clemens household as well: Olivia Clemens gave this nightgown to her lady's maid, Katy Leary. Leary later gave the nightgown to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ryan, owners of a farm on Albany Avenue in Hartford, CT, where she often went to purchase chickens and eggs for the Clemenses' meals.
- Related People:
- Olivia Louise Langdon Clemens Catherine Leary
- Source:
- The Mark Twain House and Museum
- Source Identifier:
- 1976.2
- Credit:
- The Mark Twain House and Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Roehl, 1976
- Rights:
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- Rights Statement:
- Each contributing institution has their own guidelines and rules for use of their collections. The institution is listed as the source of the item. Please contact the individual institution for their terms of use, or reproduction fees, or terms for reproductions.