"How to Paper a Room", American Agriculturalist, 1872 
"A Good Dress Elevator", American Agriculturalist, 1864 omment on "A Good Drelevator"
Ok, there really doesn't need to be an article on women's dresses of the civil war era on a scholarly web site. But the working attire of the ladies in "How To Paper" (1872) made a profound impression on me. Let me just pose the question, could YOU could stand on the tippy-top of a seven-foot ladder in flat heels and full skirts and match a piece of paper? I thought so. So naturally, when I came across this fashion tidbit about Dress Elevators while paging through some of my earlier copies of the American Agriculturist, I just knew it had to go in.
