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Ruth Kellogg demonstrates challenge of altering without a dress form
- Title (English):
- Ruth Kellogg demonstrates challenge of altering without a dress form
- Collection:
- Human Ecology Historical Photographs
- Set:
- Departments and Divisions
Textiles and Clothing
- Creation Date:
- 1914
- ID Number:
- RMA00749_DD-TC-09
- Catalog Record:
- 2081762
- Archival Collection Number:
- 23-2-749
- Previous Filename:
- DD-TC-09.jpg
- File Name:
- RMA00749_DD-TC-09.jpg
- Work Type:
- photographs
- Subject:
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
Sewing--Study and teaching
College teachers
- Description:
- Ruth Kellogg, standing before dresser mirror, attempts to alter shoulder seam on dress she is wearing to illustrate value of a dress form, around 1914-18.
Caption reads: "She who has tried fitting shoulder seams on herself in front of a mirror knows the place and value of the dress form in the clothing project."
- 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:
- 25
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This item is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of its creation date 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.
