Name/Title
Fashion booklet 'A Modern Shepherdess', 1916Entry/Object ID
2006.3.10Description
ACC. NO. 06.3.10
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FASHIONS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1916
OBJECT: BOOKLET
DESCRIPTION: A SOFT COVER BOOKLET WITH ILLUSTRATED COVER DEPICTING A GIRL WITH A DOG. COVER HAS A BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "A MODERN SHEPHERDESS." PUBLICATION IS ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS OF WOMEN WEARING SWEATERS. THE BOOKLET WAS ISSUED BY THE SHEPHERD WORSTED MILLS, NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
SIZE: L 9" X W 6"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A FASHION BOOKLET ISSUED BY THE SHEPHERD WORSTED MILLS, DEPICTING SOME OF THE WOMEN'S APPAREL THAT COULD BE KNITTED FROM THE COMPANY'S YARN. IT WAS OWNED BY THE WOMEN OF THE SARGENT FAMILY OF 2116-18 SAN ANTONIO AVENUE, ALAMEDA.
DONOR: JOE GLOWACKI
CATALOGED: FEBRUARY 18, 2006
