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Title
Models wearing the suits and evening gowns, ca.1950
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1950
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of models wearing the suits and evening gowns, ca.1950. Five beautiful women stand with smiles at center as they model the fashions of the 1950's. The woman on the far left wears a professional-looking jacket and skirt with a lightly-colored hat and holds dark gloves at her side. The next women wears a loose jacket over her matching skirt and dark shirt with her hair in a bun and long gloves are her hands. The third woman wears a similar outfit with pants that reach the floor. The fourth wears a strapless evening gown and holds a shawl at her side while the third wears a dark suit and a netted veil over her face.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2771
USC-0-1-1-2840 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-45835
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2771
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-45835.jpg
Subject
Clothing and dress
Gloves
Hats
Models, Fashion
Costume--Women
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1950
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
45835 [Accession number]
CHS-45835 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m15009

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