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[Display of Hand-Sewn Items]

Description: Photograph of a woman standing in front of a display of clothes, fabric, a sewing machine and sewing patterns. A sign above the display reads, "Good sewing techniques + proper equipment = well finished, fitted garment."
Date: May 24, 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Woman Sewing]

Description: Photograph of a woman working at a sewing machine, with three more women watching her. There are broken windows in the wall behind them, and boxes on a high shelf.
Date: September 1, 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Handmade Clothing Display]

Description: Photograph of a display with handmade clothing. A poster on the display reads, "Be thrifty, sew it yourself," and has a drawing of a woman sewing. A sign below the display reads, "Texas Blind Deaf and Orphan School."
Date: May 24, 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Women Sewing]

Description: Photograph of four women sitting and standing around a table with a sewing machine making clothes. There is extra fabric and tools on the table and chairs around them.
Date: May 10, 1961
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Clothing, Linens, and Upholstery Display]

Description: Photograph of a display with clothes, quilts, linens, and upholstered furniture. Signs on the display say "Clothing," "Do it yourself," and "Cut the cost of home management and beautification by refinishing and reupholstery of furniture, handmade linens, etc."
Date: May 24, 1960
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Women Sewing]

Description: Photograph of a woman seated and working at a sewing machine while another woman stands next to her and leans over to help or teach her. Another woman stands behind them. A purse and some papers are on a table in the foreground.
Date: November 21, 1961
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Two women sewing]

Description: Photograph of two women sewing together. They are both sitting side by side at a sewing table, using a Singer brand sewing machine. They both have short, dark hair. The woman on the left is wearing an apron and looking at designs on a piece of paper, and showing it to the other woman. The woman on the right is looking at the paper while holding fabric under the needle of the machine. The table is covered in long pieces of fabric, boxes of thread, and pages of designs and patterns. A dark chair … more
Date: January 18, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Woman sewing in class]

Description: Photograph of a woman sewing in class. She is sitting next to a window and using both hands to use a sewing machine. The material that she is using has a checkerboard pattern.
Date: January 1961
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Christian Dior]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 29, 1968
Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Barbara Bush at a George Bush Press Conference]

Description: Photograph of Barbara Bush doing needlepoint while seated; she is holding the fabric in her left hand and pulling the needle with her right, while looking down at her work. A painting is partially visible on the wall next to her (right side of image) an a man's suit sleeve is visible on the armrest to her right.
Date: October 17, 1964
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

Early Housekeeping

Description: Research paper for an American History class at Marfa High School in November 1967, written by Elizabeth Newton. She describes the daily chores and work done by women in the pioneer days of Texas, without electricity or plumbing.
Date: November 28, 1967
Creator: Newton, Elizabeth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Rosewood Sewing Class]

Description: Photograph of a small group of children who were part of a Rosewood sewing class in 1968. The children are standing in front of a table and working on some clothing.
Date: December 7, 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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[News Clip: Classroom tours]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about people taking a tour through classrooms.
Date: March 1, 1964
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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