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DRESS ALBUM
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DRESS ALBUM. The Dubuque Herald in 1882 noted the newest "novelty"--a dress album. Created by assembling a piece of every dress owned, a lady could glue the cloth into an album and date each sample making a "complete history of the lady's costumes from season to season."
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Source:
"Caught on the Fly," Dubuque Herald, January 7, 1882, p. 4
