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Dress

Object number2007.112.4 a,b

Manufacturer Belt King

Designer Sy Frankl

Datec. 1950

OriginUnited States of America

MediumCotton; metal

Credit LineGift of Nancy Page

DescriptionShort-sleeve cotton printed red and white with black outline dress. Round silver buttons in front. Red nylon belt loops on both sides. Flares at bottom. Matching belt of same material as dress features silver tongue and five belt holes.Dimensions(a) Width at shoulders: 14.5; at waist: 16.125; flat flare: 30.5 ... Length: 38
(b) Width: 1... Length: 32.75

Marks(a)
Two labels in collar:
white rectangular, purple embroidery: "Casualmaker / [registered trademark] / by SY FRANKL";
under first, white rectangular label with blue stamp "INT. LADIES GARMENT / WORKERS UNION / [in middle] UNION MADE / ILGWU / AFL CIO", in center is a seal featuring image of needle and thread.

(b) Two black ink stamps on back "BELT / KING / [inside octagon} GUARANTEED / HANDWASHABLE / MADE IN U.S.A. / DRY CLEANABLE".
Historical NotesA "house" dress worn by donor Nancy Page's mother, Nancy Barr Johnson, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Nancy Barr Johnson was born in 1899 in Esplen, Pennsylvania. Around the age of 10, she moved to Greensburg, where she remained for the rest of her life as a wife, mother of one daughter, and a homemaker. Johnson died in 1991 and is buried in Hillview Cemetery, Greensburg.

Previous owner Nancy Barr Johnson (1899 - 1991)

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