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Woman drawing blackout curtain
- Title (English):
- Woman drawing blackout curtain
- Collection:
- Human Ecology Historical Photographs
- Set:
- All College Activities
War, Emergency, and Relief Work
- Creation Date:
- 1941
- ID Number:
- RMA00749_AC-ER-45
- Catalog Record:
- 2081762
- Archival Collection Number:
- 23-2-749
- Previous Filename:
- AC-ER-45.jpg
- File Name:
- RMA00749_AC-ER-45.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Subject:
- Draperies
Home--Safety measures
Blackouts in war
Civil defense readiness
Civil defense--Planning
World War, 1939-1945
Mineola (N.Y.)
- Description:
- Woman drawing blackout curtain over half of arched doorway. Part of a series of photographs of a "blackout room" in a home in Mineola, Nassau County, in 1941. This room was designed by the College with participation from the Nassau County Home Bureau for civilian use during World War II.
- Cite As:
- New York State College of Home Economics records, #23-2-749. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- New York State College of Home Economics records
- Box:
- 39
- Folder:
- 17
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This item is protected by copyright and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections (http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright). Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. For questions about this item or other items in the New York State College of Home Economics records, please contact rareref@cornell.edu.
