Name/Title
Green silk costume of Doris Haslett Goodman from 'The Water Nymph', c. 1916Entry/Object ID
1997.630.1Description
ACC. NO. 97.630.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLOTHING
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1916
OBJECT: COSTUME
DESCRIPTION:
ONE-PIECE COSTUME OF GREEN SILK, WITH FLOWING SLEEVES OF WHITE FABRIC AND AMBER BEADED EFFECT. THE COSTUME IS PARTIALLY MACHINE- AND HAND-SEWN.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
COSTUME WORN BY THE LATE DORIS HASLETT GOODMAN IN A DANCE PERFORMANCE ENTITLED, "THE WATER NYMPH." THE LATE DONOR REFERRED TO IT AS HER "NYMPH COSTUME." MRS GOODMAN WAS A MEMBER OF A PIONEER ALAMEDA FAMILY AND WAS A PERFORMER ON THE STAGE FOR MANY YEARS. THE COSTUME WAS GIVEN TO THE ALAMEDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN THE 1980'S AND HERETOFORE NOT OFFICIALLY CATALOGED.
ACQUIRED FROM:
DORIS HASLETT GOODMAN
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 1, 1997
