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Domestic Chores for husbands in the Victorian eras meant lacing up contraptions like this and made the gay nineties not so gay. The corset required te(...)
Domestic Chores for husbands in the Victorian eras meant lacing up contraptions like this and made the gay nineties not so gay. The corset required te(...)

Domestic Chores for husbands in the Victorian eras meant lacing up contraptions like this and made the gay nineties not so gay. The corset required te(...)

Date12/21/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: Domestic Chores for husbands in the Victorian eras meant lacing up contraptions like this and made the gay nineties not so gay. The corset required ten feet of laces. Left; is an 1860 hoopskirt of purple taffeta; right; a tan silk with a poke bonnet. New York city's museum owns them.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0006667F