[Women's Achievement Exposition, women and girls sewing]

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  • Collection ID DN-0062860
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Women's Achievement Exposition, women and girls sewing] [graphic].
  • Dates 1914 June 17.
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Group portrait of women and girls sewing, with some using sewing machines, others cutting fabric and fitting dress forms, during the Women's Achievement Exposition. Dresses are hanging on walls behind the group. The exposition was held in the Coliseum, located at 1513 South Wabash Avenue in the Near South Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. The girls are students at Wendell Phillips High School, located at the northeast corner of East 39th Street and South Prairie Avenue in the Douglas community area of Chicago.
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  • Names
    • Coliseum (Chicago, Ill.)
    • 1513 South Wabash Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Wendell Phillips High School (Chicago, Ill.) Students
    • Women's Achievement Exposition (1914 : Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Women Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Girls Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Children sewing Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Seamstresses 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Sewing machines 1910-1919. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.) 1910-1919.
    • Chicago (Ill.) 1910-1919.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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