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Flour Sack Dress

2005:023:027 Toddler sized dress made out of flour sack fabric.  Fabric has blue and red floral pattern and white lace accents.
2005:023:027 Toddler sized dress made out of flour sack fabric. Fabric has blue and red floral pattern and white lace accents.

Many families used printed flour sacks to make clothes in the 1930s and 1940s. Carolyne Vetter made this flour sack dress for her granddaughter, Bess Longhenry in 1945. The dress has two pockets on the front and a crocheted lace collar.

Donated by Martin and Carryn Longhenry