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Victorian-era fashions on display in Oakmont's Kerr Memorial Museum

Joyce Hanz
Joyce Hanz
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Kerr Memorial Museum board member Joan Stewart holds a photograph of Marnie Brown in a dress. The photo is part of the “Brown Collection Exhibit” on display at the museum through August.
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The Kerr Memorial Museum at 402 Delaware Ave. in Oakmont
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A display of dresses accompanied by vintage photographs are seen April 2 at the Kerr Memorial Museum, 402 Delaware Ave. in Oakmont.
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Kerr Memorial Museum board member and volunteer Joan Stewart holds a youth spring coat with a large lace collar from the late Victorian period on Tuesday at the museum.
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A Victorian-era photograph of a young Marnie Brown wearing a dress is one of numerous displays on exhibit through August at the Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont.
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An elegant Victorian-era dress once worn by Margaret Brown (mother of the bride) to Mary Alice’s wedding in 1914 is displayed, along with a letter, at the Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont.
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A child’s Edwardian-style dress with pale yellow trim is on display at the Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont as part of the ongoing “Brown Collection Exhibit.”
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An intricate Edwardian-style dress with robin’s egg blue with taupe lace trim detail is on display at The Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont.
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A detailed image of a blue suit coat lined with a colorful silk pattern, often referred as a Travel Suit, is on display through August as part of “The Brown Collection Exhibit” at the Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont.
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The late Mary Alice Kerr’s baby shoes (1893) are on display through August at The Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont.
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A detailed image of crocheted buttons on the lace sleeves of a Victorian dress that dates to the 1800s is on display at The Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont.
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A 1920 Flapper dress with rhinestone trim is one of numerous fashions from the personal collection of the late W.H. Brown family of Pittsburgh on exhibit through August at the Kerr Memorial Museum in Oakmont.

Explore the elegant fashions of the late 1800s with an ongoing Victorian-themed exhibit at The Kerr Memorial Museum.

“The Brown Collection Exhibit” shows through August and features a mix of stunning clothing from the gilded 1880s to the roaring 1920s.

The collection was donated the W.H. Brown family. The exhibit runs through Aug. 23.

Brown was a wealthy coal and shipping industrialist, and the exhibit includes fashions worn by his socialite wife Margaret Boyle and his brother Samuel Brown.

“Don’t miss this chance to learn more about our Pittsburgh past, a family much like the Fricks and the Carnegies, and the fashions that still make us swoon over 100 years later,” said museum board member and volunteer Joan Stewart.

The museum is open by appointment only. Tours are guided by museum docents and operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Prices are $15 adults, $13 seniors and $8 students. Credit cards are not accepted.

The Kerr Museum is located at 402 Delaware Avenue in Oakmont. To schedule a tour call 412-826-9295.

Joyce Hanz is a native of Charleston, S.C. and is a features reporter covering the Pittsburgh region. She majored in media arts and graduated from the University of South Carolina. She can be reached at jhanz@triblive.com

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