Left – Curtainless bonnet. Gray chip bonnet, trimmed with scarlet daises. A fall of black lace is arranged for the crown, over which is a bow of scarlet velvet. Scarlet daisies and black lace form the inside trimming.
Right – Fancy gray straw bonnet, having the crown covered with blue hanging flowers. (Godey’s, October, 1864)
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
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