Responding to research gaps in both cycling and women's rights history, the purpose of my thesis is to investigate conceptualizations of cycling in the 1890's suffrage press. I analyze six aspects of cycling in suffrage periodicals: advice and tips...
Installation of three costumes of wax-print cotton textiles tailored by Sian Lewis; "This work by Shonibare consists of three clothed mannequins standing on a low platform. Their stiff postures and high Victorian dresses, complete with...
Portrait of Ruth Graham (Mrs. Benjamin Franklin) Ewing of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing a very fancy dress, possibly a wedding dress. The photograph is cracked in top corner. Stamped on back of image: Steffens-Berry Studio; November 18, 1921.
Women; Carriages & coaches; Costumes--United States
Mrs. Ross, in a long black dress, emerges from a buggy to join an unnamed woman in a long plaid dress. Their clothing resembles the styles of the U.S. Civil War era (1861-1865).
A man wearing suspenders and a hat stands beside a woman wearing a drop-waist dress. In the background, on the road, a young woman in a cotton shirt-waist dress can be seen. Title supplied by cataloger.
Men; Women; Guitars; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Jean Thomas (right), wearing a long black Elizabethan dress with white ruffled collar, poses under a tree with a tall woman wearing a long black dress (possibly Frankie McCoy); a young woman in a linsey-woolsey dress (derived from those worn in...
Men; Women; Guitars; Costumes--United States; Costumes--Great Britain; American Folk Song Festival; Folk festivals
Jean Thomas (left), wearing a long black Elizabethan dress with white ruffled collar, poses under a tree with a young woman in a linsey-woolsey dress (derived from those worn in early England); a young man playing guitar; and a tall woman wearing a...
Jean Thomas and guests stand in a room filled with photographs in Thomas' 'Wee House in the Wood' at 3201 Cogan Street in Ashland, Kentucky. The occasion is the dedication of the house, which later became the Jean Thomas Museum. The woman at far...
Buildings; Stores & shops; Department stores; Clothing & dress
Dress department inside Kaufman-Straus. Dresses hang from the walls. Three women stand in the center at merchandise display tables. Address: Kaufman-Straus Company, 427-437 South 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky.
"With her hair separated in two sections of coiled locks, this figure is dressed in a long tunic, its folds slipping off to expose the right shoulder. A heavy fringed cloak hangs from the left shoulder and is wrapped around the body, under the...
Teachers; Students; Children; Women; Classrooms; Schools; Blackboards; Flags--United States; People
A teacher shakes hands with a young boy while a young girl stands with her arm around the teacher's waist. The teacher wears a dark dress with a frilled collar and has a whistle on a string around her neck. The young girl wears a dark hat and a...
A girl in a beaded dress and head covering stands with her arm in front of a tree trunk. In her hand she holds a cloth. She may be Bagobo Moro (a Muslim tribe from the western coast of Mindanao in the Philippine Islands). Since the World's Fair in...
A group of women, men, and children assembled in rows on a hillside in Letcher County, Kentucky, including a bride in long white gown, bridesmaid in long striped dress, and groom. A smaller group stands to the side under a free-standing structure...
A woman stands facing a dressing screen. She is showing the back of her dress and its decorative white trim. Her hair is in a ponytail reaching to her waist.
A man, a woman, and a young girl sit on the steps of a house. The man's legs are crossed and he wears a hat. The woman is in a dress and is wearing glasses and a bonnet. The girl is wearing a dress and sits in between the man and woman.
