Thanks for posting this interesting article. It’s a wonder the population didn’t die out with the hygiene habits common back then. Indoor plumbing, Thomas Crapper’s inventions and the modern waterworks and sewage works have done wonders for hygiene and public health.
Kudos to Ms. Carolyn Schiewe for personally researching and hand-making these beautiful dresses. What a labor of love! She must be a wonderful lady.
I wonder if the adults weren’t more resistant to germs once they survived childhood - people certainly didn’t die of cancer back then.
My great-great-great grandmother wrote down the names of the 14 children she had from 1825-1845, only four of whom survived past age eight. Even my great-great grandfather barely made it as he was a very sickly child. I’m lucky to be here!
I have a letter from ggg-grandma to gg-grandpa asking him if he was still a Republican. We have deep roots in the US.
I want Mrs. Schiewe’s dress!