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Women modeling fashions 1951-1952: Full coat in textured wool with the short sleeve popular in 1951 – Historic Reproduction

Women modeling fashions 1951-1952: Full coat in textured wool with the short sleeve popular in 1951, ca.1951 — historic photograph
Women modeling fashions 1951-1952: Full coat in textured wool with the short sleeve popular in 1951, ca.1951. Historic photograph from the Family Life collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Women modeling fashions 1951-1952: Full coat in textured wool with the short sleeve popular in 1951 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Women modeling fashions 1951-1952: Full coat in textured wool with the short sleeve popular in 1951

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A fashion photograph from about 1951 shows a model in a full coat of textured wool, cut with the short sleeve that was fashionable that year. The image comes from a caption card in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, where it is filed under business and clothing records for 1951 to 1952. Postwar American fashion photography of this kind was produced to promote garments to retailers and the public, so the picture reflects both the styling of the day and the commercial work of showing new coats in a clear, flattering way. Its catalog data is unverified, so details such as the exact manufacturer or setting are best checked against the original caption.

Created / publishedca.1951
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI--Business; Clothing--1951-1952; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,210 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139266

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