Wedding Dress
New Ipswich Historical Society
Harriet E. Balch
Photo taken in 1908
Harriet E. Balch wearing her wedding dress in 1908. She was married November 20, 1856, 52 years earlier. Apparently you didn’t put on weight in those days.
Harriet was born in 1834.
On This Day in New Ipswich - October 7th
Making Apple Cider at Woody Meiszner’s barn in 2018.
Re Harriet keeping her figure despite multiple pregnancies and many decades: no cars, no junk food, no preservatives, no cell phones, no consumer society, no kids and patents frazzled by multiple arranged activities, no TikTok, no TV. But lots of civility, social engagement, locavore eating, fresh air, opportunities to learn, faith, and walking.
Parents, not patents!