Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The Past...The Present, revisited

Astoria Work Experience Center, sewing unit, Astoria sewing project.
Sewing lesson in a Gloucester County school, Va.
Learning a trade in a garment factory, February 1930

[An African American girl; Caroline's play.]



Sewing project power machine, Astoria, Long Island.

In the Everglades needlework factory, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Women workers at quartermaster depot.
Learning dressmaking.
Daughter of Pomp Hall sewing in school; Sewing is her 4-H club project; Creek County, Oklahoma.
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  1. PradeepaAugust 9, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    These old photographs are interesting to see. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  2. Tonya SharisseAugust 10, 2011 at 8:37 AM

    Your welcome.

    And thank you.

    I like to see how the art of sewing has finessed itself through women and culture over time.

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