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- Blouse, Worn by Kay Sempliner, circa 1962 -
- circa 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Blouse, Worn by Kay Sempliner, circa 1962
- Christian Dior Evening Dress, "Fontainebleau Adaptation," Worn by Anne Firestone to the 1955 Reopening of the Vienna Opera House, 1954 -
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
Christian Dior Evening Dress, "Fontainebleau Adaptation," Worn by Anne Firestone to the 1955 Reopening of the Vienna Opera House, 1954
- Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952-1956 -
- 1952-1956
- Collections - Artifact
Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952-1956
- Christian Dior Suit, "Evariste," Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1951-1952 -
- 1951-1952
- Collections - Artifact
Christian Dior Suit, "Evariste," Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1951-1952
- Christian Dior Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952 -
- 1952
- Collections - Artifact
Christian Dior Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952
- Christian Dior Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952 -
- 1952
- Collections - Artifact
Christian Dior Afternoon Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1952
- Kalamazoo Corset Company "American Beauty Style 626" Corsets, 1891-1922 -
- 1900-1922
- Collections - Artifact
Kalamazoo Corset Company "American Beauty Style 626" Corsets, 1891-1922
- Woman in Work Costume Officially Approved by the Land Army of America, 1918 - After the United States entered World War I in 1917, Americans worried about labor and food shortages as a result of men going off to fight. Organizations like the Woman's Land Army of America and the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association recruited and trained women to perform agricultural work across the country. This woman modeled the Land Army uniform.
- 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Woman in Work Costume Officially Approved by the Land Army of America, 1918
After the United States entered World War I in 1917, Americans worried about labor and food shortages as a result of men going off to fight. Organizations like the Woman's Land Army of America and the Woman's National Farm and Garden Association recruited and trained women to perform agricultural work across the country. This woman modeled the Land Army uniform.
- Dress, Worn by Kay Sempliner, 1956 -
- 1956
- Collections - Artifact
Dress, Worn by Kay Sempliner, 1956
- Larkin Company Catalog, "Stylish Wearing Apparel Given as Premiums with the Larkin Products," Spring/Summer 1908 - John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.
- 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Larkin Company Catalog, "Stylish Wearing Apparel Given as Premiums with the Larkin Products," Spring/Summer 1908
John D. Larkin established a soap manufacturing company in 1875. He hired his brother-in-law, Elbert Hubbard, as a salesman. Hubbard developed "The Larkin Idea," a plan that sold goods directly to consumers through mail-order catalogs and offered incentivizing giveaways. It was a success. By the early 1900s, Larkin's catalogs contained pages of products and even more pages of premiums from which customers could choose.