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[Woman modeling evening gown] – Antique Wall Art

[Woman modeling evening gown], c1920 Dec. 14. — historic photograph
[Woman modeling evening gown], c1920 Dec. 14.. 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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Step back in time with [Woman modeling evening gown], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This photograph shows a woman modeling an evening gown, and its copyright entry names J.A. Migel, Inc. as the claimant, which points to a commercial fashion image rather than a personal snapshot. The caption card, whose details the record itself marks as unverified, also lists hats and fashion, so the picture was likely meant to show off dress and accessories for the trade or for magazine readers. Around 1920, evening styles were shifting toward the streamlined silhouettes and dropped waistlines that defined the decade. Fashion photographs from this period document those changes in cut, fabric and finish.

Created / publishedc1920 Dec. 14.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsJ245247 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by J.A. Migel, Inc. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Hats; Clothing...--1920; Photog. Index; Fashion--1920; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan858 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139275

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