Townsend is not as limited as Deb suggests. Early 19th century stuff is available, and some Civil War re-enactors rely on Townsend. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deb Fuller" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 7:47 AM Subject: Re: costumes > --- T W Moran <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Jas. Townsend & Son Inc. http://www.jastown.com amd Smoke & Fire Trade > > Co. http://smoke-fire.com are to of the largest suppliers of renactment > > clothes and paterns. > > Both are a bit too early for the 19th century as they are Colonial and French > and Indian War suppliers. You could get generic long trousers from them but the > women's clothing is really too early for the time period. > > Like someone else suggested before, I'd ask for volunteers to sew and have them > make the clothes with extra reenforcements so that they last. Sure they won't > be 100% period but these are for kids and for museum work. You want them to > last as long as possible and the public won't notice that there is extra > hem-binding on the seams. > > Deb > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).