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![Typed on piece of paper glued to back - Coronation Baths. Opening Day of the Levin Coronation Public Swimming Baths in 1911. Joseph Scott first into the baths. Fully dressed with lace-up boots. [added with blue ballpoint pen] The crowd watches the first swimmer enter the water during the opening of the Coronation Pool, Levin in 1911. While some swi...](http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/image_files/25927/2000.018.0246a_medium.jpg) |
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First Day Dress; 1861; 1996.89.3
Name/Title
First Day Dress
First Day Dress
About this object
A woman's two piece burgundy and donkey brown silk damask costume with toning velvet underskirt. On the day after her marriage to Philip McRae in 1861, Bertha Scott wore this gorgeous first day dress. A first day dress showed that Bertha was now a respectable married woman. Bertha’s father, Captain Scott, was the fourth son of the Earl of Berclough. He ran away to sea rather than becoming a member of the clergy. According to family legend he was a gun-smuggler. Bertha’s mother accompanied him on many of his voyages and they eventually settled in Port Arthur, Tasmania. After a convict uprising, during which she protected her household with guns, she shifted her family to a safer place. The Scott family eventually emigrated to Nelson where Bertha subsequently met Philip.
A woman's two piece burgundy and donkey brown silk damask costume with toning velvet underskirt. On the day after her marriage to Philip McRae in 1861, Bertha Scott wore this gorgeous first day dress. A first day dress showed that Bertha was now a respectable married woman. Bertha’s father, Captain Scott, was the fourth son of the Earl of Berclough. He ran away to sea rather than becoming a member of the clergy. According to family legend he was a gun-smuggler. Bertha’s mother accompanied him on many of his voyages and they eventually settled in Port Arthur, Tasmania. After a convict uprising, during which she protected her household with guns, she shifted her family to a safer place. The Scott family eventually emigrated to Nelson where Bertha subsequently met Philip.
Date Made
1861
1861
Place Made
New Zealand
Medium and Materials
Silk damask, velvet
Silk damask, velvet
Object Type
Costume
Costume
Object number
1996.89.3
1996.89.3
