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Bullitt Family Mourning Bracelet
Mourning Bracelet made of twisted gold wire, copper pearl, and hair of Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816). Less than 2" in diameter. Inscribed "ASB". Bracelets in memory of Alexander Scott Bullitt and his wife Pricilla Christian Bullitt, who settled 1200 acres known as Oxmoor, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. -
Mourning Pendant with Photograph and Hair
Locket made of jet or imitation jet that opens and has a tinted photograph of an unidentified young girl on side and a lock of hair on the other side. -
Mourning Pendant Made of Hair and Gold
Partial cross pendant inscribed with the letter "T". From the Spalding Colman estate. Possibly from Coleman, Tyler, Robinson, or Gwathmey family. -
Mourning Pendant Made of Hair and Gold
Cross pendant inscribed with the letter "L". From the Spalding Colman estate. Possibly from Coleman, Tyler, Robinson, or Gwathmey family. -
Mourning Necklace Made of Hair and Gold
From the Spalding Colman estate. Possibly from Coleman, Tyler, Robinson, or Gwathmey family. -
Mourning Pendant with Photograph and Hair
Pendant made to mourn Lewis Rogers (1870-1876) son of Dr. Coleman Rogers (1847-1916). Photograph on one side and lock of hair in the side. Lewis Rogers died at 7 years of age, after fighting scarlet fever for 4 days. -
Mourning Brooch with Hair
Mourning brooch containing the hair of the Miller-Bohannan-Bullitt families. Belonged to Emily Miller Bohannan after 1836; from Thomas Bohannan. Might be for one of the seven children she lost. -
Mourning Brooch with Hair
Mourning brooch with gold lettering "In memory of." Contains hair of members of Bohannan-Miller-Bullitt families -
Mourning Brooch with Hair
Mourning brooch containing hair of a member of the Miller-Bohannan-Bullitt family. -
Straw Mourning Bonnet
Black straw bonnet with black silk ties and purple crepe embellishment. Most likely worn as part of a mourning ensemble, belonged to member of the Greene family. -
Velvet Mourning Bonnet
Black velvet bonnet, most likely worn as part of a mourning ensemble. -
Mourning Sleeves
Black crepe detachable sleeves with netted lace cuffs. Most likely worn with a black crepe bodice as part of a mourning ensemble. -
Mourning Parasol
Black and grey silk parasol, most likely part of a mourning ensemble. Belonged to Mrs. Zack Phelps (Amy Kaye) b. 1862, d. 1901 -
Mourning Gloves
Black net fingerless gloves with elastic wrist and tassels. Most likely part of a mourning ensemble. -
Mourning Fan
Black silk fan with carved guards, most likely part of a mourning ensemble. -
Cora Owens Hume (1848-1939)
Cora Owens Hume (1848-1939) dressed in deep mourning following the death of her second husband in 1881. The tightly cinched waist, large bustle, and tablier, or apron style, overskirt on her dress are unique to the fashions of the 1880s. Cora was from a pro-Confederate, slave-owning family that moved from Columbus, Kentucky, to Louisville after the Civil War began. Cora married her first husband Edward J. Pope, an ex-Confederate, in 1869. Their infant son died later that year and Edward succumbed to tuberculosis in 1871. Cora was a widow at the age of 23. She married her second husband, William Garvin Hume (b. 1845), in 1874. They had three children between the ages of one and six when William died from tuberculosis in 1881, at the age of 35.