Fabrics of the Future Exhibit

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Object Details

Author

Davis, Fremont

Notes

Science Service negative 93-3

Summary

Fabrics of the Future Exhibit installed in a display window at the Woodward & Lothrop Department Store, G and 12th Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. A group of women and a man are looking at the display which includes a mannequin dressed with hat, jacket and skirt. Placards have been placed to identify objects in the exhibit. The exhibit featured such synthetic fabrics as nylon and rayon.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7091, Science Service Records, Box 408, Folder 23 and Box 457

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1938-1939

Standard number

2005-10444

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Group, candid

Photographic print

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Clothing and dress

Exhibitions

Mannequins (figures)

Public buildings

Stores, Retail

Textile fabrics

Traveling exhibitions

Women

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_11419