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Ensemble - Kutchi Group, Pashtun Peoples, Afghanistan

Description: Ensemble - Kutchi Dress, Pashtun Peoples, Afghanistan. This assembled ensemble consists of: 1. Dress. Full-length. High neckline, slight V-shape. Front yoke/bib panel of fine needlework geometric shapes and patterns, in orange, purple, green, and blue. Front of bodice with four large embroidered rosettes of silver couching with orange silver/white, and black borders. Over-length, wide sleeves of patchwork of materials, including red, purple, and pink. Cuffs of heavy silver couching with… more
Date: 1940/1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Day Dress

Description: Daytime dress of navy blue silk crepe in modified shirtwaist style. Yoked shoulders with collar. Inner neckline has 7 small mother-of-pearl buttons for additional detachable collar to drape over existing collar. Center front opening with 6 large 1-1/4" mother of pearl buttons with vertical buttonholes. Long set-in sleeves with matching button at cuff. Evidence of smocking below waist seam, but threading is missing. Street length. Unlined. Designer's label at right seam near hem: "Traina-Norell… more
Date: 1940/1945
Creator: Norell, Norman, 1900-1972
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Doris Williams holding up a shirt]

Description: Photograph of Doris Williams standing in a living room, holding up a child's shirt. She is wearing a dark, sleeveless button up shirt with a long skirt that has large pockets. She is looking down at the shirt that she is holding, which is striped. There is a white wicker rocking chair behind her that is sitting in front of windows that have floral print curtains. On the right side of the image, a lamp shade and a side table are visible. On the left, a lamp for photography and a China cabinet ar… more
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a group of individuals lined up in front of a house]

Description: Photograph of a group of individuals lined up in front of a house. They wear formal clothing and stand on the stone walkway that leads to the home's small front porch. A metal table and chair set sit on the lawn in front of them. The house has wood shingle siding with a brick facade wrapping the bottom portion of the exterior. Decorative wrought-iron posts support the small shingle roof covering the entryway. Large, leafless trees grow in the background.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Byrd Williams III and another man]

Description: Photograph of Byrd Williams III and another man posing in front of an automobile in suits. Byrd III stands on the left with his hands behind his back and smiles at the camera. Another man stands to his right, wearing a dark suit and a hat. Power lines and a wooden structure are visible in the background, out of the camera's focus.
Date: [1940..1970]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Doris Stiles Williams styling her hair, 3]

Description: Photograph of Doris Stiles Williams styling her hair. She faces the right, showing her profile to the camera, and holds up a small section of hair in one hand. She reaches into a shallow glass dish on the surface in front of her with the other. Some drinking glasses, a hairbrush, and small containers sit on the surface around it. A sheer curtain hangs over the window on the open door behind her.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of an old man in a chair]

Description: Photograph of an older man sitting in a chair. He rests his arms on the chair's armrests and looks off to the left, away from the camera. He wears glasses and a suit with a vest and a necktie. Books fill a tall shelf, which stands against the wall behind him.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Doris Stiles Williams styling her hair]

Description: Photograph of Doris Stiles Williams styling her hair. She holds her hair in her hands and looks into the camera with a smile. She wears a sleeveless, gingham-print dress with buttons down the front. A hairbrush and some cosmetics sit on a surface in front of her. Sheer curtains hang over the window behind her.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a young man and woman sitting on a couch]

Description: Photograph of a young man and woman sitting on a couch. The man sits on the left, wearing a short-sleeved shirt with broad horizontal stripes and plaid pants. He holds a hairbrush in one hand. The woman next to him holds up one hand and smiles at the camera. She has dark, curly hair and wears lipstick. She wears a plaid, short-sleeved, button-down dress. Frilly curtains hang on the wall behind the couch.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of a child posing in a silk outfit #3]

Description: Photograph of a young child posing in an outfit made of silk or satin. They stand with their arms resting at their sides and look at the camera with a wide smile. Their top has long sleeves and a high collar with four fabric knotted buttons coming down on the right. Some flowers and leaves are embroidered to the left of the buttons. The garment has two small pockets below the cinched waist. They wear loose, solid pants and slippers. A magazine holder is partially visible on the left.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Catherine Farina]

Description: An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Catherine Farina is wearing a dress made of corn husks and poinsetta leaves.
Date: December 1940
Creator: Edrington Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Weslaco Museum

Evening dress

Description: A) Evening dress of rose/pale pink/pale mauve crepe-back satin charmeuse. Inspired by Chinese Cheongsam-style garments, the dress is full-length, slim fitted, with slight standing collar fastened with hidden hook & loop. Sleeveless, the dress has front opening from throat to slightly below right shoulder, secured with three large rhinestone set circular brass(?) buttons. Very slightly raised waist with triangular "flap", open and hanging down from center front to right hip. From just below hip … more
Date: 1940
Creator: Maurice Rentner
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Maternity ensemble

Description: Maternity ensemble consisting of: A) Jacket-style top of brown wool plaid with cream and light blue. Shawl collar, with squared front neckline. Center front double-breasted opening having two vertical rows of 5 domed self-covered buttons, and 2 hidden snaps at top. Long sleeves. Flaps at hips simulating pockets. Built-in shoulder pads. Unlined. Designer's label at center back neckline: "[logo] Page Boy / Dallas" B) Kangaroo style skirt of brown cotton(?)twill. Mid-calf-length, with slight A-… more
Date: 1940/1959
Creator: Page Boy Maternity
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Enid Justin and others next to a Nocona Boot Display]

Description: Photograph of Enid Justin and two other women holding a boot in front of a Nocona Boot display. Justin is standing on the left and wearing a simple button-down dress with black glasses while the other two women are wearing western attire with a cowboy hat and fringed jackets. The boot display has numerous styles of boots, with each model on its own display case; a safety rope is in front of the display and the three women.
Date: [1940..1950]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Archie Griffith on Motorcycle]

Description: Photograph of Archibald "Archie" Hughes Griffith sitting on an Indian motorcycle with "Miss. Barabara" written on the windscreen. He lived from March 22, 1890-August 6, 1982. Archie is the maternal grandfather of Sandra Person Wyche.
Date: 1940~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Mary Beulah Cartwright Oualline]

Description: Photograph of Mary Beulah Cartwright Oualline. She was born in Montgomery County, Texas on September 5, 1881. She died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on January 29, 1966. She is the maternal great-grandmother of Sandra Person Wyche.
Date: 1940~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

Dress

Description: Dress of black velvet. Knee length; short puffed sleeves. Raised empire waist gathers into bodice at waistband. High bound neckline has a slight V in front and forms ties at back. Center back closure of three self-covered buttons and loops at neckline; left side zipper under arm. Unlined; padded shoulders.
Date: 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Envelope for DuBarry Pattern #5070

Description: DuBarry pattern 5070 to make a dress with tucked shirtwaist-style bodice, short or long set-in sleeves, front button closure, peter pan or bow collar, and gore skirt, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1940
Creator: DuBarry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Envelope for McCall's Pattern #5099

Description: McCall's pattern 5099 to make a one-piece dress with extended shoulders, surplice bodice, and gathered skirt, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1940/1945
Creator: McCall's Pattern Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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