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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
1895-1900 Corset
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1895-1900
1915 Boots
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1915
Advertisement for Phillip's Heels
Victoria and Albert Museum
1910 Straw Hat
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1910
1914 Corset
Victoria and Albert Museum
1901 Feather Hat
The Museum at FIT, 1901
Hat Pin
The Museum at FIT
Shirtwaist
The Museum at FIT
1897 Stockings
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1897
1900 Hat
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1900
1892 Hat
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1892
Evening Slippers
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Afternoon Dress
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Stacked Heel Boots
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1890s Shirtwaist
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
, 1890s
1895 Petticoat
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

, 1895
1900 Petticoat
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

, 1900
Gold Hatpin
North Carolina Museum of History
1907 Harper's Bazaar New York Fashion
North Carolina Museum of History
Black and White Shirtwaist
North Carolina Museum of History , 1885-1901