African Americans; Women; Sewing machines; Sewing; People
A group of African American women participate in a sewing class. Along one side of the room the women work at sewing machines which are built into desks. In the middle of the room long tables are placed end to end and women work on laying out...
Women sit at sewing machines and on benches in a room with bare lightbulbs and exposed brick walls, sewing; another woman stands at an ironing board ironing a silk dress. A rack of dresses stands behind her. Title supplied by cataloger.
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); African American college students; College students; Women; Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); African American universities and colleges; Sewing; Sewing machines; Classrooms; Home economics;...
Young women in sewing class at Simmons University with instructors. The chalkboard has instructions for proper sewing techniques, some of which are "No kind of needle work requires a cramp or stoop position. Have your chair square to a table...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); African American college students; College students; Women; Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); African American universities and colleges; Sewing; Sewing machines; Classrooms; Home economics;...
Young women in sewing class at Simmons University with instructors. Included in the photo is Presisdent C. H. Parrish as well as women identified on the back as Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Crutcher. The university has gone by many names since its...
Simmons University (Louisville, Ky.); Classrooms; African American college students; College students; African American educators; Education; African Americans--Education (Higher); Home economics; Sewing; Sewing machines; Hats; African Americans
Female students take a millinery class at Simmons University. Some students are sewing hats by hand while others are using sewing machines. The back of the photograph reads: "'Hats' 'Hats' 'Hats' Milinery Art at Simmons University." The...
African Americans; Sewing; Irons (Pressing); Tailoring; People; Men; Women
Address: 1112 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky. This is likely the interior of Bradford Cleaners. Several African Americans are working in a room full of clothes. A man stands by an ironing board. Beyond him, a woman sits at what appears to be...
Women seated at a table appear to be sewing buttons on clothing. Large spools of thread and large pincushions sit on the table, as well as a box of buttons. Title supplied by cataloger.
Group of women standing around woman at sewing machine. Another seated woman, with crutches leaning against her chair, reaches out for a can of Campbell's Soup offered by a woman wearing a coat and hat and holding a basket. Title supplied by...
University of Louisville--Faculty; University of Louisville--Students; Women; Sewing; Sewing machines; Home economics; Ford Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
Women sit at tables and stand nearby. Many of them are doing hand-sewing, but a few sit at sewing machines. There are lockers on the back wall. Two of the women who are standing are identified, one as Miss Liter and the other as Mrs. Jenks. A...
"A moving tribute to her mother, this work combines the personal and the political. The quilt includes a narrative - the witty story of the family of Aunt Jemima, most familiar as the stereotypical black 'mammy' but here a successful African...
Sculpture; Mixed media; Women; Women's rights; Feminism; Feminists; Sexism; Stereotyping; Discrimination; Sex; Genitals; Body parts; Human body; Biology; History; Arts & crafts; Dinner parties; Celebrations; Parties; Guests; Dining tables;...
"Each of the ceramic plates adorning the table in this installation was individualized. In this photograph, the Georgia O'Keeffe plate on the right owed something of its original design to her Black Iris paintings of the mid-1920s. The plate...
A man stands near a table with a Hoover vacuum cleaner on it. To the right is a cut-out advertisement of a woman in a maid's uniform. In front of the cut-out is a vacuum. The table in the left foreground holds a Westinghouse sewing machine. The...
Children; Men; Women; Animals; Toys; School children; Reading; Sewing
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at left: Baby playing with doll in pillow-filled basket, with dog on pillow outside basket; seated girl wearing dress with crinolines holds something up to standing woman wearing dress with bustle;...
Animals; Money; Boston Tea Party, 1773; Demonstrations; Costumes; Children; Men; Women; Snow; Play (Recreation); Kites; Domestic life; Reading; Sewing; Monks; Rescue work; Windmills; Indians of North America
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the dog dropping something in water, the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of, from left to right starting at top left: dog...
