Weddings and Accoutrements


Elaine Robinson Mitchell wedding dress, Peru, 1939

Elaine Robinson Mitchell wedding dress, Peru, 1939
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Maine Historical Society

Elaine Robinson’s mother, Mabelle Robinson, used Butterick Pattern # 8200 to make her daughter’s wedding dress. The sheer silk organdy dress has an under slip. The skirt holds its shape with a sewn-in hoop.

Elaine married Merton Wilder Mitchell on June 26, 1939 at the summer home of her aunt and uncle in Peru, Maine.

She also wore an 1842 silk and lace cap that her great-grandmother had worn at her wedding.

Elaine had studied nursing in Boston before returning to Peru to marry. Wilder Mitchell owned a sawmill in Mexico, Maine.

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