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Digital Library Exhibit
Glamour and Innovation: Mary Matise
Mary Matise designed for Jimmae Manufacturing and designed a wide range of clothing from lavish eveningwear and resort wear to everyday basic dresses and suits for women. This exhibit was curated by Maegan Jenkins, the inaugural Digital Exhibits Intern and MA/MS dual degree student in Costume Studies and Library and Information Sciences at New York University.
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Glamour and Innovation: Nettie Rosenstein
Known for her exceptionally tailored designs and her masterful take on the “little black dress,” Nettie Rosenstein learned dressmaking skills at a young age. In 1916, Rosenstein created a dressmaking business out of her home in Harlem, and by the 1920s, she employed over fifty different dressmakers in a new location on East 56th Street and sold dresses wholesale under the Nett
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Digital Library Exhibit
Glamour and Innovation: Sally Milgrim
Sally Milgrim got her start working as a dressmaker for her husband Charles’s suit-making business in the 1910s. By the 1920s, her business proved to be so successful that she began creating custom designs for the Hollywood elite and was eventually approached by Eleanor Roosevelt to design her inaugural gown in 1933. This exhibit was curated by Maegan Jenkins, the in
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Digital Library Exhibit
Diplomatic Children’s Parties
For over 25 years, the White House holiday season featured an annual party for the children of diplomats. During their heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, the parties were hosted by the first lady and typically attended by over 400 children under the age of twelve, representing over 80 countries. Between 1962 and 1985, National Geographic photographers captured images from several of these parties for
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Digital Library Exhibit
President Harding’s Voyage of Understanding
In June 1923, President Warren G. Harding embarked on an ambitious journey across the United States. Called the “Voyage of Understanding,” the historic trip included the first visit of a sitting president to the U.S. territory of Alaska, as well as the first international visit of an American president to Canada. The voyage also marked the final weeks of Harding’s life
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