Skip to main content

Clothing & dress -- 1910-1920

 Subject
Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Bickerstaff and Joel Hurt Photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS134
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains photographs of banks, businesses, theaters, clubs, hotels, and grocery stores in downtown Atlanta, including two structures, the Atlanta Theater and the Equitable Building that were built by engineer and developer Joel Hurt. The collection also contains photographs of the Candler Building, the Century Building, the Empire Building, the English-American Building, and the Piedmont Hotel. Among the images are photographs taken by Tracy Mathewson, Edwards and Sons, and...
Dates: circa 1893 - 1923
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Charles Bickerstaff and Joel Hurt Photographs

Edith and Earl Cook family visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS199
Scope and Content

This collection contains original photographic prints, daguerreotypes, and negatives depicting members of Edith Cook's extended family. These materials include images of members of the Bell, Brockman, Cook, Collier, Dicks, Dolt, Hall, Harber, Ingram, Lowman, Owen, Potts, Thomas, Waldo, and Wilson families. There are also photographs of family residences in Georgia and Ohio and images related to Earl P. Cook, Jr.'s work with Southern Bell in Tennessee and Florida.

Dates: 1875-1989, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Edith and Earl Cook family visual arts materials

George C. Spence family photographs and silhouettes

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS231
Scope and Content This collection contains one scrapbook of 127 images. These snapshots are mainly of the immediate family of George C. Spence, Sr. and range in date from approximately 1870 to 1945. Subjects include George C. Spence, Sr.; his mother, Cornelia; his sisters, Eudora, Mary, and Eleanor; and his brother, Nat Spence. There are several childhood photographs of George C. Spence, Jr. and his sister Maryanne, as well as photographs of his stepmother, Elizabeth Norman Spence. The images depict the...
Dates: Approximately 1870-1942
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / George C. Spence family photographs and silhouettes

Lethea Turman Lochridge photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS378
Scope and Content This collection contains photographs of Lethea Turman Lochridge's friends and family, including her father, S.B. Turman. Of special note are photographs from the 1911 Southern International Poultry Show in Athens, Georgia, where Lethea and her siblings won an award, as well as a photograph of her Girls High School graduating class. This collection also includes a photograph taken by Edwin Lochridge Sr. of Charles and Mary Tway's residence on 212 15th Street, which neighbored the Lochridge...
Dates: Approximately 1868-1917, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Lethea Turman Lochridge photographs

Textile construction patterns

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS508
Scope and Content

This collection contains patterns, diagrams, instructions, and booklets pertaining to textile construction. Included are sewing, weaving, crochet, knitting, smocking, quilting, and applique patterns, as well as illustrations and instructions. Of particular interest is a "Guide to Ornamental Stitches," a handwritten manuscript accompanied by miniature samples of stitch, seam, and lace techniques.

Dates: 1893-1956, undated
Found in: Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center / Textile construction patterns