The Daguerotype Dress
Class #3


Hitty Petal, modeling our version of the Daguerotype dress.


Hitty Petal

The Real Hitty

 

 



Hitty Petal enjoys pretending to be the Original Daguerotype.


The Real Hitty in her Daguerotype, found at the Stockbridge Library Museum, Stockbridge, MA.

"Hitty's pictures are all done now and I was quite as happy doing them as if I were sitting on the floor again playing with dolls. Even after the pictures were all turned in, I've gone on playing, for Hitty has a new dress now, of which she was in great need, for in the stress of posing, her original brown sprigged calico -- the one in which her daguerreotype was taken -- was splitting in several new places, and to have her go into camphor solely to preserve her dress would be needless cruelty." -----
excerpt from the The Three Owls article titled "Hitty's Odyssey" by Josiah Titzell, November 3, 1929. The reference to the dress according to the article is a quote from Dorothy in a personal letter to The Owls. The Three Owls was an article printed in the New York Herald Tribune.


The Real Hitty's Original Daguerotype Dress

 


Our Version


Class Fee: $15.00 (No kits available for this class--sorry.)
Instructor: Julie Old Crow

Register by clicking here. Once you have registered, you will be given information on how to pay for your class. I accept PayPal, Money Orders, and Checks. Registration accepted any time.

Once you have paid, you will be sent a supply list so you can have your supplies on hand ahead of time. The Online Location of the Class will be sent out on the day the class begins.

Class begins Saturday, March 1st. . Remember--because this is an online class, you can start anytime after you receive the URL for the class pages, and it doesn't have to be that Saturday. You can work in your jammies if you want--no need to dress up for us!

If you get bogged down or something isn't clear, you will be able to ask for help by clicking the link either here or on the class page.

 

 

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