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MERRY WIDOW HATS IN 18TH CENTURY; ... POMPADOURS 72 INCHES Nothing So Big Now as Marie Antoinette's Straw Hat -- Life-Sized Figure Used at Plaza Benefit. Share full article. Jan. 5, 1909.
Staten Island Advance/Irving SilversteinThe subject of this 18th-century portrait is an already established citizen who can afford the latest style of dress and a flowing wig. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.