Virtual Gallery – Extant Millinery Tools & Ephemera

Selections from my collection of original millinery tools and ephemera, including blocks, tools, bills of sale, and more.

Straw Splitters
Straw Sewers Log
CDV Millinery Workers
CDV Example of Bonnet Shape
Straw Motifs
Cabinet Card Millinery Workers on work room
Cabinet Card Millinery Workers in front of shop
Cabinet Card Millinery Workers in shop

Millinery Blocks

Millinery Advertising

Millinery Block
Bonnet Block
Bonnet Block
Bonnet Block
Bonnet Block
Bonnet Block
Shallow Dome Crown Hat Block
Taper Crown Hat Block
Shallow Crown Hat Block
Millinery Block
Miniature Hat Block
Wood 1850s Bonnet Blocks

Billheads & Bills of Sale

Millinery Bill of Sale – Fowle, Boston MA. 1877.
Millinery Bill of Sale – New York, 1845.
Millinery Bill of Sale – Wilcox & Clark, Springfield. 1849.
Millinery Bill of Sale Francis Ellis, Boston, May 1852.
Millinery Bill of Sale,  Davenport,  Boston,  May 1861.
Millinery Bill of Sale Davenport, New York, July 1861.
Millinery Bill of Sale Davenport,  Boston,  November 1861.
Millinery Bill of Sale,  Keith, Faxon, & Co., Chicago,  October 1864.
Millinery Bill of Sale Wood & Clark, Philadelphia,  June 1865.
Millinery Bill of Sale – Clegg & Neher, Troy, NY. 1869.
Millinery Bill of Sale – Clegg & Neher, Troy, NY. 1869.
Millinery Bill of Sale – to Mrs. Chase. Hewes, Chicago IL. 1875.
Millinery Bill of Sale – to Mrs. Chase. Henderson, New London, Conn. 187?.
Millinery Bill of Sale – to Mrs. Chase. Henderson, New London, Conn. 1876.
Millinery Bill of Sale – to Mrs. Chase. Spencer, Norwich, Conn. 1876.
Letter Re: Millinery Goods, Clark Brothers, New York, May 1881.
Millinery Bill of Sale Gilchrest, Franklin Falls, NH 1881.
Millinery Bill of Sale – Maloney, Philadelphia, PA. 1890.

Published on March 15, 2022 at 9:48 am  Comments Off on Virtual Gallery – Extant Millinery Tools & Ephemera