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Items with subject 'Fashion'
Ageless Fashions Multimedia collection
by Westside Historical Society (2009)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains a compact disc from the Westside Historical Society entitled "Ageless Fashions." It was created April 19, 2009 by Sylvia Bradley and other members of the Historical Society. Peg Rider, a Hurlock, MD native, was featured prominently in the presentation as a collector of Civil War-era dresses.
Clement I. and Mary O. Gaskill Collection
by Ralph and Gaskill, Incorporated (1956 – 1982)
2 boxes, 4 oversize boxes (7 linear feet)
This collection contains publications, blueprints, and scrapbooks of Clement I. and Mary O. Gaskill. The records relate to Ralph and Gaskill, Inc., a retail menswear store was located in Salisbury. The collection includes advertising and trade publications related to menswear, as well as store administrative records. The store advertised their "Name Brand" products heavily, and the materials include examples of print ads from brands such as Botany 500 suits, Stetson hats, and Haggar clothing.
Dress Patterns
by Unknown (circa 1870)
1 oversize folder (2.5 linear feet)
Dress and pant patterns cut from 1870s newspapers; the patterns resemble pant legs and the sleeve for the bodice of a ladies dress.
Early Twentieth Century Women’s Magazines
by Unknown (1888 – 1949)
2 oversize boxes (4 linear feet)
The Early Twentieth Century Women's Magazine collection document the social and home economic aspects of women's lives from 1905-1949. Documenting materials include differing volumes of magazines including Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, McCall’s, Better Homes & Gardens, and Woman's Home Companion.
Eben and Mary Murray collection
by Murray, Eben; Murray, Mary (1863, 1910)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Eben and Mary Murray Collection contain financial bills and documents for spouses Mary and Eben Murray. There are also photographs of Mount Vernon and Cambridge, Maryland. There are also letters requesting orders to local companies on the Eastern Shore. There is also a "The Season's Best" magazine from Kennerly and Mitchell Clothiers that gives images and descriptions of men's fashion for the Fall 1909 and Winter 1910.
Ethel Fisher Hedlicka Papers
by Hedlicka, Ethel F. (1908 – 1969)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
This collection includes Ethel’s Home Economics class book from 1916, two of Ethel’s children’s books from 1908 and 1909, early baby nursing bottle, letters to Joseph and Ethel, report cards of both Ethel and her daughter, Charlotte, and Ethel’s high school yearbook from 1916 filled with pictures of friends, dance cards, and other sorts of memorabilia. Also in this collection are Children’s needlework made by Ethel’s daughter, Joseph’s Hedlicka’s wedding pants from 1923, a clown suit made by Ethel in 1920, and a World War I sailor shirt worn by George Thallman in 1917. Lastly in this collection is an assortment of World War I souvenirs sent from France to Ethel by Joseph in 1917 such as beautifully embroidered handkerchiefs, an apron, a postcard, and a scarf as well as a fan.
Letter from R.E. Powell Company to Ida Dixon
by R. E. Powell & Co. (1949)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This letter, dated September 29, 1949, was sent from Marian E. Powell, President of the R.E. Powell Company, to Ida Dixon of Salisbury, Maryland. In the letter, Powell thanks Dixon for loaning an antique dress, which is now part of the Nabb Research Center artifacts.