Interesting because I believe a sewing machine was considered a key item
with which to start from scratch and be able to support yourself. There
is a tale in my family that one of my mother's great-aunts went from
Scotland to Chicago in the late 20's, just in time for the Depression,
came
In a message dated 6/25/2011 3:01:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
anne.montgome...@googlemail.com writes:
I believe a sewing machine was considered a key item
with which to start from scratch and be able to support yourself
Years ago, one of my fellow costume history graduate students did
My mother was a young military wife in the early 50s; she bought a machine
on time from a traveling salesman, and earned a goodly amount of pin
money for the time by altering uniforms, sewing on stripes and patches,
etc, in addition to sewing for herself and (later) children. A number of
her
The simple gown you envision is very Jane Eyre and exists. Complicated
sleeves with pleating and poufs of course exist too, and sleeves were more
complicated early in the decade. The bell shaped sleeve is the start of the
1850's look so they are near the end of the decade. It's been my
A high quality PDF of the entire catalog was available for download, I've
got it save but I'll see if I can find the original link...
Tayla
-Original Message-
From: Kathleen Norvell
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 2:21 PM
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Jaw Dropping:
Here it is:
http://www.profilesinhistory.com/hollywood-auction-catalogs/debbie-reynolds-the-auction-catalog/viewdownload-dp2
All 300+ pages. The file is 87 mg.
Tayla
-Original Message-
From: Sablerose
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 10:39 PM
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: Re:
