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Show Fig. 92 Bonnet. Mt. Pleasant. Mary Jorgensen Seely. Braided wheat straw, textile. Ca. 1920. H: 25 cm. W: 28.75 cm. Mary Jorgensen Seely learned straw braiding from a Danish immigrant, later went to a millinery school in Salt Lake City, and thereafter opened her own millinery shop. The bonnet was made to go with her pioneer costume and was used in Pioneer Day celebrations. Fig. 93 Hats (left to right). Hat. Springdale. Lora Ann Christensen. Braided wheat straw. Ca. 1950. Diam: 29.375 cm. Collection of Lorene Lamb, Orderville. Hat. Mt. Pleasant. Mary Jorgensen Seely. Braided wheat straw. Ca. 1920. Diam: 28.75 cm. Collection of Dora Otterstrom, Emery County Museum, Castle Dale. Lora Ann Christensen first made hats as a young girl for her brothers and sisters. She continued to do beautiful braiding into her early nineties, and she passed the tradition on to her granddaughter. Mary Jorgensen Seely made the hat on the right for her daughter, who preserved the family hatmaking tradition. 97 |
