Story County (Iowa); History; Biography; Iowa Agricultural College
Biographical and historical memoirs of Story County, Iowa. Comprising a condensed history of the state, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the same, a descriptive history of the county named herein, and numerous selected...
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Afternoon Home Dress, demonstrating the increasing importance of receiving visitors in the home. The dress has widening and ruffled shoulders with decoration at the end of the sleeve, the bodice is trimmed with decoration, and there is an emphasis...
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Two young women in day dresses with conical ankle length skirts, one has pagoda sleeves over long sleeves and other just has long sleeves. Both have boots with slight heels and one wears a Eugenie hat trimmed with feathers. Girl has a short dress...
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Five day dresses, large bustles, overskirts gathered and ruffled into bustles, sashes at waist on four, variety of sleeve styles including short and leg-of-mutton, four have shallow ""v""-shaped necklines with wide flat ruffles extending over...
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Three day dresses with A-line, ankle length skirts; left has waist-length vest gathered with ribbon and trimmed with fur, long sleeve lace blouse with wide open collar, hat with flat crown and wide brim trimmed with fur and feathers; center dress...
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Three day dresses with ankle-length A-line skirts; left has bishop sleeve blouse with asymmetrical close, tall open collar, belt tied at waist, patch pockets on skirt, hat with embroidered crown and wide brim; center has vest, bishop sleeve blouse...
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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...
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French Dinner Party Dress, showing the high waist, bonnet framing the face, the emphasis of decoration on the lower hem, and the 2 part sleeve (marmeluke/leg-of-mutton) (published for La Belle Assemblee)
Seven women and one man are posed in their cheerleading uniforms. Maxi skirts and long sleeve sweaters with shirt collars for the women, and long pants and the same sweater for the gentleman.
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The Last and Newest London & Paris Fashions Morning and Evening Dresses, showing 3 full dresses for evening and three alternative bodices for morning. Dresses all have wide, low necklines revealing the shoulders and chest, long sleeves, gloves,...
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Morning Dress and Carriage Dress. The Morning Dress is fairly simple and includes a ruffled lace collar with matching lace bonnet (decorated with ribbon), matching earrings and a waist-long necklace, a shirred bodice with wide shoulders and...
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The Last and Newest Fashions, Morning Dresses and Fashionable Millinery, showing pelerine or Eliza collar?, a shirred bodice with a short puffed sleeve, the puffed leg-of-mutton sleeve cuffed at the wrist, continuing emphasis on the waist with...
Barker, Celestia Lee, 1846- ; Barker, William B ; Cookery, American -- Midwestern style ; Farm life -- Iowa ; Home economics ; Religious education -- Iowa ; Rural families ; Women in agriculture ; Women teachers -- Iowa ; Iowa -- History -- Civil...
The majority of entries were written during the Civil War and describe Lee's work on the family farm, attending religious services, visiting family throughout central Iowa, social activities, and her beaux. She also describes her training to be a...
Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926-1986 making it the longest running homemaker program in the history of...
Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926-1986 making it the longest running homemaker program in the history of...
Kitchen-Klatter began as a half-hour radio show with Leanna Driftmier sharing household tips, recipes, and childrearing advice among other topics. The radio show aired from 1926-1986 making it the longest running homemaker program in the history of...
