2006.5.72

Laney Trade & Technical Institute, Central Trade - Dressmaking and home Sewing
c.1940-41
9.5 in HIGH x 7.5 in WIDE
(24.13 cm HIGH x 19.05 cm WIDE)
Gift of the White Elephant Sale
2006.5.72

Laney Trade & Technical Institute, Central Trade - Dressmaking and Home Sewing. Another view of the 5 needle shirring.

Photographic print (black and white, glossy, one margin cut off) of two hands holding fabric as it is run through a five needle shirring machine by the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

Learning commercial stitching, such as five needle shirring, must have been part of the course work ay Laney Trade and Technical Institute. This image, a detail, relating to 2006.5.73 and 2006.5.74.

Used: Oakland Public Schools, Teachers Professional Library

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