Clothing & dress

Depicts historic and period fashions for men and women, including swimwear, hats, furs, bridal wear, and corsets. Also illustrates women picketing against wearing corsets. Displays fashions for the 1937 coronation. Includes images that compare and contrast the changes in fashion over time. Also do...

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia Record
Language:English
Published: [ca. 1905]-1946
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Summary: Depicts historic and period fashions for men and women, including swimwear, hats, furs, bridal wear, and corsets. Also illustrates women picketing against wearing corsets. Displays fashions for the 1937 coronation. Includes images that compare and contrast the changes in fashion over time. Also documents fashion congress, fashion shows and fashions created at the Spring Garden Institute.
These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and
Item Description: Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record.
Physical Description: 305 photoprints : silver gelatin