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[Women modeling clothing] – Historic Print

[Women modeling clothing], 1920 June 11. — historic photograph
[Women modeling clothing], 1920 June 11.. 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 clothing] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A June 1920 press photograph of women displaying garments, made by the Bain News Service, a New York wire-photo agency that sold images to newspapers and magazines. The record does not name the models, the designers, or the event, so the exact occasion is unknown. The picture still captures a moment when fashion was shifting after the First World War, with hemlines rising and silhouettes becoming looser and more practical. Bain's negatives are valued for documenting everyday American life in that period.

Created / published1920 June 11.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesNo. 5203-9. Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fashion.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,094 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-149250

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