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Creation Date
12-28-1888
Description
Dance card belonging to Miss Lattie Robertson of Bowling Green, Ky., for a Leap Year Party at the residence of Mr. D. M. Lawson, Bowling Green, Ky., Friday evening, December 28, 1888 at 8 pm.
Manuscript invitation for the event is housed in the MSS 349. 11 x 7 cm. (folded) The party was also described by a local newspaper in an article entitled "The Leap Year Party: The Grand Event of the Proposing Season Last Evening."
Keywords
Leap year, courtship, bachelors, flirting, marriage proposals, marital choice, etiquette, dances, dance cards