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Wedding dress, 1875 (dark gray silk faille, velvet, and taffeta, by Field, Leiter & Co) and wedding dress, 1874 (green silk taffeta, maker unknown). (Photo by Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)

Wedding dress, 1875 (dark gray silk faille, velvet, and taffeta, by Field, Leiter & Co) and wedding dress, 1874 (green silk taffeta, maker unknown). (Photo by Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)