The New York Sun once wrote, “There is not a woman player in America or in England that is – attractively considered – fit to unlace her shoe.” Julia Marlowe was an English-born American actor known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare. She often played Juliet with real life partner, E. H. Sothern as her Romeo. Caring […]

It is finally Spring and three gorgeous wedding dresses have found their way to our studio! All of these little beauties have a different style.  This first dress was worn by Mary Roberston, a recent Norwegian immigrant, who married a Wisconsin native in 1910. The dress was passed down two more generations in a pillowcase. […]

  This sampler from November 7th, 1810, was stitched by Emma (or Emza?) Cloud. It looks like she was concentrating so hard, she stitched a backwards letter “S.”