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Evening gown of ecru lace from the 1930s

This women's evening gown of ecru lace with ecru chiffon underskirt is sleeveless with wide shoulder straps and a scoop neckline front and back. It has a wide lace collar or ruffle with a scalloped edge which covers the bodice front and back. The plain, flared skirt is ankle length. It has a wide suede belt covered by the same ecru lace, with a rhinestone buckle. There is a loose, waist length jacket with short sleeves having wide mink fur cuffs. It is scalloped around the entire edge and …

WPA Music Manuscripts

WPA Music Manuscripts is a digitization project with the goal of bringing the unique holdings of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra online. These music manuscripts represent the unique work of music copyists--men and women employed by the government with the task of copying music for the WPA orchestras, bands and choruses to perform. The full collection is housed in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Archive, and consists of more than 300 compositions that include copied parts for both conductor's sco…

Women's brown and beige leather shoes from the 1930s

A pair of woman's brown and beige leather shoes with 2" heels, and brown lace ties. The tongue and shoe insteps are beige. The right shoe is marked inside with crossed S's, and The Stetson Shoe.

1935 Packard convertible victoria and Prince Eugene de Ligne of Belgium

8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1935 Packard nine-tenths left side view, top raised, standing by car is Prince Eugene de Ligne of Belgium, noted sportsman. Inscribed on photo back: Packard eight, model 1201, twelfth series, 8-cylinder, 130-horsepower, 134-inch wheelbase, 5-person convertible victoria (body type #807), note special radiator cap ornament, bumper guards, 6-wheel equipment, twin side mount mirrors.

Wayne State University; Buildings; Pharmacy; Historical; 625 Mullett

Circa 1930s. Image is an exterior view of building located at 625 Mullett. Above entrance is Wayne University College of Pharmacy. Image is taken from across street from an elevated position. Dated December 1935.

Three Quarter Length Silk Jacquard Evening Jacket, 1935-1939

Two-button, 3/4-length silk jacquard jacket with pattern depicting nightclub scene with women in red, blue, and green evening wear; men in black. Weave incorporates metallic threads of gold and silver. Clothing label: BERGDORF-GOODMAN/5TH AVENUE. This is an iconic piece in which the fabric is woven into a pattern that upon close examination reveals fashionable socialites at a cocktail party. It is a most unusual fabric design.