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This photograph shows Sara Pettigrew McWilliams Hawes,1872-1958, in her wedding dress and hat. As a dressmaker and millinery from Washington County Kanas, she designed and made her dress and hat for her wedding. In her late teens she owned and operated her own business in the town of Washington, Kansas. On May 03, 1903 she married her husband Charles W. Hawes, 1853-1925, a local farmer, stockman, banker, and businessman from Morrowville, Kansas. For a number of years the couple owned and operated a mercantile business in Morrowville. On July 25, 1925, Charles passed away at the age of seventy-two. Sarah passed away on March 21, 1958 at the age of eighty-five.
Date: May 03, 1903
Item Number: 534266
Call Number: Acc# 1999/222.01/Hollice Hawes Olsen
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 534266
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Dressmakers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Millers
Business and Industry - Retail - Clothing stores
Business and Industry - Retail - Millinery stores
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1900s - 1903
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Morrowville
Places - Cities and towns - Washington
Places - Counties - Washington
Type of Material - Photographs
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