The History of Dubuque County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &
Biographical Sketches of Citizens, War Record of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and...
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Iowa State College Domestic Economy Department ; Home economics ; Women -- Education -- Europe
An unfinished letter or address on the education of women in England and German originally found inserted in Mary Welch's lectures on domestic economy. Author unknown.
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Home economics ; Women -- Social aspects ; Women -- Social conditions ; lecture notes
Discusses a young woman's role in society, her social responsibility, and how she should conduct herself at gatherings. Lecture give to the YWCA in Los Angeles.
Welch, Mary B. (Mary Beaumont), 1840-1923 ; Iowa State College Department of Domestic Economy ; Home economics ; Cooking ; Domestic life ; Women--Education ; Home economics teachers ; Technical education
Describes the beginning of the Department of Domestic Economy, how Mary Welch pursuaded President Welch and the Board of Trustees that the department was needed, how she prepared for the position, and her training in cookery.
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two day dresses, both with 'V' necklines trimmed with lace, fitted bodices with yoked waistlines, long sleeves; long, full skirts, and bonnets trimmed with feathers and ribbons. Left dress has pleats on upper sleeves to control fullness and ribbon...
Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), b. 1884 ; Harvard University -- Student housing ; Constitution (Frigate) ; Cleveland Museum of Art ; Gardens -- Delaware -- Wilmington ; Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia ; Parkways -- Pennsylvania --...
Iowa State College landscape architecture professor Philip Elwood takes students on a tour of the southern and eastern United States in 1931. Places visited on the trip include - "Longwood", DuPont gardens near Wilmington, Del. ; R. T. Stotesbury...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Evening Dress and Full Dress. The Evening Dress is displayed from the back and demonstrates a low neckline trimmed with lace, an overlay decorated with lace and tassels, a continuing emphasis on the waist with a piped belt, and a full skirt. The...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two evening dresses with shoulder baring, wide necklines (for evening only), fitted bodices, yoked waistlines, short sleeves, gloves, full skirts and elaborate coiffures with ringlets, ribbons, and flowers. Left dress has a polonaise style skirt...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two evening dresses with bertha collars, fitted bodices with pointed waists, short sleeves, gloves, and very full skirts; left dress has smooth collar with rosette trim and elaborate coiffure with ringlets and roses; right dress has pleated bertha...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Two evening dresses with bertha collars, fitted bodices with pointed waists, short sleeves, gloves, and very full skirts; left dress has smooth collar with rosette trim and elaborate coiffure with ringlets and roses; right dress has pleated bertha...
Clothing and dress; Costume; Fashion; Fashion Plates; Fashion Illustrations
Fashionable Dinner and Evening Dress for March 1827, showing widening shoulders with loose leg-of-mutton sleeves and decorative ruffling at the wrist, a decorated bodice, the waist defined by a ribbon or belt, with plaid and other patterns...
Landscape architecture; Flowering shrubs; Hyde Park; London
This image was published in County Life. Country Life, a British weekly magazine, was founded in 1897, and provided images and information on rural life in the United Kingdom. Throughout the years of its publication, the magazine has focused on...
Iowa State University; Homecoming; Homecoming queen
Homecoming Queen, Pat Nelson (center) is seated in front of finalists left to right: Charlotte Strothman (New London);Mary Graham (Webster City);Sally Brun (Waterloo); Nancy Stahlman (Camphill, Pa.);Nancy Winslow (Ames)
