Back Issues: Dressed to the nines for a colonial wedding
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- Description
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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The story of the Fitton family and a wedding dress made in 1869. The dress was worn by Isabella Fitton (née Alexander) when she married Matthew Fitton in Lyttleton. They moved to a farm in Beaconsfield, northern Manawatū, in 1885 and were married for nearly 67 years.
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- Content type
- Born digital
- Relation
- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- February 8, 2025
- Digitisation id
- 2025Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_043070
- Format
- Born Digital
- Held in
- IMCA Digital Archive
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Creation
- Created By
- Fiona Mckergow
- Place
- Manawatū
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