Object Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Bonnet |
Object ID # |
2024.5.3 |
Other Name |
Sunbonnet |
Title |
Katie Clemmer Moyer's plain bonnet |
Place of Origin |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
Year Range from |
1890 |
Year Range to |
1900 |
Material |
Cotton, rayon |
Description |
Plain, black sunbonnet with 5.5 inch wide quilted brim and 8 inch long skirt. Crown is gathered against the brim. |
Provenance |
Plain, black sunbonnet owned and worn by Catharine "Katie" Clemmer Moyer (1867-1900), wife of Allen C. Moyer (1867-1953), of Towamencin Township, Montgomery County. She was likely a member of the Franconia Mennonite congregation and is buried in that cemetery. Was later given to her granddaughter, Ina Moyer Hunsberger (the donor), daughter of Allen C. Moyer Jr. & Amanda Krupp Moyer. |
Source |
Gift of Ina Moyer Hunsberger |
People |
Moyer, Catharine "Katie" K. Clemmer, 1867-1900 |