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Title
Sewing a fine seam
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Siddon, Dave
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated February 14, 1955 reads, "Mrs. Howard Brecht, seated at old-fashioned treadle sewing machine, and Mrs. George Corliss, right, hurriedly put finishing touches on garments they will model at Valerio Street PTA's fashion show Wednesday. Two-year-old Marilyn Joyce Reid proudly shows the coat and bonnet, made by her mother, that she will parade at the event along with Mrs. Hubert Waldrip, standing left."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00136960
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d044_f26_i2
CARL0005649696
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/66920
Subject
Valerio Street Elementary School (Los Angeles, Calif.).--PTA
Parents' and teachers' associations--California--San Fernando Valley
Women--California--San Fernando Valley
Toddlers--California--San Fernando Valley
Sewing
Sewing machines--California--San Fernando Valley
Antiques--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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