sewing

May-41
c. 1934
The Names Project
1987

Poster has a beige printed background with purple borders. At the top is a skewed purple box with "The / Names / Project" in black and white. At the center is a stylized illustration of a man...

Remebering Names
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a gray printed background. At the top is a color illustration of an elderly woman sewing yellow fabric in front of a large glove with names on it. The woman wears a "the Names Project"...

1942

Pamphlet. Description: Title: "Clothing Program During War", "Coat Repairing", prepared by Ethelwyn Dodson. From the Office of the Director, College of Agriculture, Berkeley, California. U.S...

c.1885-1895|c. 1854-1915

Scrap book. Description: Scrapbook, ornate book cardboard cover with design paper cut-outs on surface of cover. Large assortment of business cards, greeting cards and postcards, relating to the...

c.1885-1895|c. 1854-1915

Scrap book. Description: Scrapbook, ornate book cardboard cover with design paper cut-outs on surface of cover. Large assortment of business cards, greeting cards and postcards, relating to the...

20th century

"Dressmaking Made Easy" by Laura I. Bald is a small book with a green buckram spine and front and back covers of printed paper with a metallic gold background and squares of blue, green, purple,...

20th century

Darning egg, needle case is made of wood in the shape of an egg. A: Lid, screws off; it is printed in black "The Columbian Egg" and has a black cirlce at the top. B: The bottom of the egg is...

c.1939-1944

A: Envelope for pattern pieces and sewing instructions; white paper with peach colored, pink, light blue and black inks. Illustration shows a doll with curly hair, wearing a coat and hat as well...

c.1940-41

Photographic print (black and white, glossy) of a woman (wearing a work smock), seated at a Singer sewing machine, machine embroidering the name of "Westlake" on towels.

c.1940-41

Photographic print (black and White, glossy) of 4 women, each seated at a sewing machine working on either curtains or draperies at Laney Trade and Technical Institute. (Open windows behind the...

c.1940-41

Photographic print (black and white, glossy) of a woman in an open work sweater seated at a five needle Singer Sewing Machine, shirring fabric.

c.1940-41

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.

c.1939-1941

Photographic print (black and white, glossy) of a young woman (wearing a dotted dress and a wrist pin cushion on her left arm) pinning completed applique emblems and varsity letters on a cloth for...

c.1939-1941

Photographic print (black and white, glossy) of two women, standing and working at a large sewing table. Information on the back of the photograph indicates that they are working on pleating...

1942

"Make and Mend for Victory" is a booklet printed on white paper with a red and white striped cover, decorated with white and blue stars. Drawings of women making alterations, making clothes over...

1998
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