Historic textile expert to speak on Fourth Ward School exhibit

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Jan Loverin, curator of the Marjorie Russell Textile and Research Center, will discuss the historic clothing on display in the exhibit, "Out of the Closet: The Kaitty Holland Clothing Collection" at 2 p.m. June 6 at the Fourth Ward School Museum, 537 South C St., Virginia City.

The collection includes Holland's mother's 1870 wedding dress, a day dress, a black afternoon ensemble, her high school graduation dress, and several other fashion items demonstrating the clothing and style of an 1870-1890 Comstock

miner's wife.

For more information call 847-0975.