58.97.9
Nightgown
1930 Approximate
Hatle White Summer Nightgown. Material: textile. Size: 21 3/4" W. x 35" L. Description: white cotton knee-length gown; sleeveless, scoop necked trimmed with wide crocheted edging; narrow pintucked bodice insert yoke; gathers below high yoke create fullness in this one piece garment.
Worn by one of donor's sisters. Clara O. Johnson married Gerhardt O. Hatle (donor's parents) in the early 1910s. They had 10 children; Orvin, Clair, Evelyn, Wesley, Herbert, Elaine, Edith, Avis, Rebecca & Ruth.