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Through the Eye of a Needle: Working Women's Dress in the U.S., 1880-1920

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Title

Through the Eye of a Needle: Working Women's Dress in the U.S., 1880-1920

Description

An examination of the day-to-day dress of working-class women of the nineteenth and twentieth century in the wake of industrial technologies.

Creator

Through the Eye of a Needle: Working Women's Dress in the U.S., 1880-1920

Contributor

Tess Will
  • Collection: Through the Eye of a Needle: Working Women's Dress in the U.S., 1880-1920
1897 Stockings
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1897
Shirtwaist
The Museum at FIT
Hat Pin
The Museum at FIT
1901 Feather Hat
The Museum at FIT, 1901
1914 Corset
Victoria and Albert Museum
1910 Straw Hat
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1910
Advertisement for Phillip's Heels
Victoria and Albert Museum
1915 Boots
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1915
1895-1900 Corset
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1895-1900