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Woman's "sunflower" costume dress made of synthetic fabric and cotton net. The costume includes a semi-fitted bodice, white cotton net skirt, brown net shawl with a cluster of three fabric sunflowers, and a hat of overlapping cloth fabric petals with inner copper wire supports. Joan Thomson George made this costume to wear while parading with the drill team for the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, a Masonic women's organization. She carried a Kansas flag during these parades.
Creator: Joan J. Thomson George
Date: between 1950 and 1961
Item Number: 223698
Call Number: 1981.123.0
KSHS Identifier: 1981.123.0
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic - Masonic
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Anniversaries - Centennials
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Parades
Date - 1950s
Date - 1960s
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts - Clothing - Clothing, Outerwear - Costume
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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