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Sewing for a Cause, 1959
Celebrity endorsements are nothing new. Here’s a photo of Eleanor Roosevelt, then in her mid seventies, with a needle in her hand. She is meant to be sewing in the new label for the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union. It … Continue reading
Looking Back to the Flu Epidemic, 1918
Apparently not everyone was on lockdown during the influenza epidemic of 1918. I found these images on one of my favorite website, the Digital Public Library of America. All kinds of institutions collected photos of the epidemic. The three I’ve … Continue reading
Let’s Do the Twist on New Year’s Eve
Is it really New Year’s Eve? From the back of the photo, I know who is dancing (Bill and Ginny) and where (at Chris and Charlie’s house in Valley Stream), but not when. New Year’s Eve is a good guess, … Continue reading
Fourth of July in Syracuse, 1918
World War One ended in 1918, but not until mid November—the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. When this Fourth of July picture was taken in Syracuse, New York, no one knew that the end was … Continue reading
Protesting in 1947
This wonderful photo appeared last week’s New York Times in an article about the the first big fight around increasing bus and subway fares in the city. “Picketing a fare increase in front of City Hall in 1947,” the caption … Continue reading
Visiting the New York World’s Fair
The New York Public Library has a huge digital collection of photographs and documents from the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair. Among the photos, you can find not only the expected ones of striking buildings, but also hundreds of shots … Continue reading
Me and Molly–A Play about Half Sizes
Gertrude Berg (1899-1966) made a career out of bringing the Jewish-American experience to the nation. In 1929, she wrote, produced and performed in the radio drama The Rise of the Goldbergs, later renamed simply The Goldbergs. It stayed on the … Continue reading
Book Review: Fashion Climbing by Bill Cunningham
In this book, you meet a different Bill Cunningham than the one presented in the documentary, Bill Cunningham New York, or in his New York Times photos. This is a memoir of his early years in New York when he … Continue reading
The Styles of 1914
In the world of high fashion impracticality, the stylish silhouettes of 1914 look especially odd to contemporary eyes. They included a long tunic that billowed around the hips with a very narrow skirt at the bottom. On her blog Witness … Continue reading
Book Review: The Art of Dressing by Tziporah Salamon
Of all the eccentric older women currently having a fashion moment, I like Tziporah Salamon the best. Perhaps it is because I once saw her once on a New York street, as brilliant as a bird of paradise amidst her … Continue reading