Description: Reverse reads: "Making dresses at Sewing Project 23 N. Jefferson St. Dayton Ohio Feb. or Mar. 1936" Most women involved in WPA projects were part of sewing projects, like the one seen here. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F08_033_001
Subjects: Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Sewing--1930-1940; Dresses
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of a woman holding three chickens and one chick on her lap. The woman's face is blurred in the portrait, indicating that she moved during the film's exposure. This photograph was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed “Ewing Brothers” and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Albert J. Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio Historical Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06258
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Portrait photography--United States—History; Cultural Ohio--Art and Artists; Photography--History; Chickens; Animals; Pets; Dresses
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Unidentified women work on knitting and sewing during a Works Progress Administration sewing class in Toledo, Ohio. Most women involved in WPA projects were part of sewing projects, like the one seen here. Women made up around fifteen to twenty percent of WPA-participants and almost every single one of them was involved in a sewing project of some sort. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_004_001
Subjects: Knitting; Sewing--1930-1940; Dresses; Knitting--United States--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Full length, front view of a hand-sewn brocaded cream silk crepe, Empire-style infare gown with satin trim, silk braid and tucks, dating from 1824. It was worn by Elva (Dana) Fearing following her marriage to Henry Fearing in 1824. An infare is a house-warming, reception or party given by a newly-married couple or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04865
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Dresses; Clothing & dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

Description: Reverse reads: "W.P.A. Sewing Class, Toledo." Unidentified women pose for a photograph during a sewing class in Toledo, Ohio. Most women involved in the Works Progress Administration were part of sewing projects, like the one seen here. Women made up around fifteen to twenty percent of WPA-participants and almost every single one of them was involved in a sewing project of some sort. Most women at that time were still sewing by hand, so they received training in using sewing machines. Once they became skilled enough with the machines, they made clothing, bedding and supplies for hospitals and orphanages. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_014_001
Subjects: Sewing--1930-1940; Dresses; Sewing--United States--History--20th century; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Side view of a hand-sewn brocaded cream silk crepe, Empire-style infare gown with satin trim, silk braid and tucks, dating from 1824. It was worn by Elva (Dana) Fearing following her marriage to Henry Fearing in 1824. An infare is a house-warming, reception or party given by a newly-married couple or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04866
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Dresses; Clothing & dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

Description: Back view of a hand-sewn brocaded cream silk crepe, Empire-style infare gown with satin trim, silk braid and tucks, dating from 1824. It was worn by Elva (Dana) Fearing following her marriage to Henry Fearing in 1824. An infare is a house-warming, reception or party given by a newly-married couple or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04867
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Dresses; Clothing & dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

Description: Detail of a hand-sewn brocaded cream silk crepe, Empire-style infare gown with satin trim, silk braid and tucks, dating from 1824. It was worn by Elva (Dana) Fearing following her marriage to Henry Fearing in 1824. An infare is a house-warming, reception or party given by a newly married couple or by the husband upon receiving the wife to his house. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04868
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Dresses; Clothing & dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
 

Description: Wedding gown and matching petticoat (Connecticut, 1780-1790). The gray silk and satin damask dress has a low scoop neck, no darts, pinked three-quarter sleeves that have pierced stars and holes for decoration. The underskirt is knife-pleated with silk tape, with red and white stripes, pocket slits, and lined in linen. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04886
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Dresses; Clothing and dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
Places: Connecticut
 

Description: Back view of wedding gown and matching petticoat (Connecticut, 1780-1790). The gray silk and satin damask dress has a low scoop neck, no darts, pinked three-quarter sleeves that have pierced stars and holes for decoration. The underskirt is knife-pleated with silk tape, with red and white stripes, pocket slits, and lined in linen. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04887
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Dresses; Clothing and dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
Places: Connecticut
 

Description: Side view of wedding gown and matching petticoat (Connecticut, 1780-1790). The gray silk and satin damask dress has a low scoop neck, no darts, pinked three-quarter sleeves that have pierced stars and holes for decoration. The underskirt is knife-pleated with silk tape, with red and white stripes, pocket slits, and lined in linen. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04888
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Dresses; Clothing and dress; Wedding costume; Weddings
Places: Connecticut
 

Description: Detail of wedding gown and matching petticoat (Connecticut, 1780-1790). The gray silk and satin damask dress has a low scoop neck, no darts, pinked three-quarter sleeves that have pierced stars and holes for decoration. The underskirt is knife-pleated with silk tape, with red and white stripes, pocket slits, and lined in linen. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04889
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Dresses; Wedding costume; Weddings
Places: Connecticut