Items tagged "Highlights": 28
Documentation of 1926 Gymsuit Ensemble
Newspaper articles about and photographs of Dorothy Reid Kittell VC'26
Documentation of 1879 Graduation Ensemble
Letter regarding the transfer of the ensemble from the Alumnae Association of Vassar College to the Vassar College Costume Collection
Photograph of unidentified group with musical instruments
Photograph of unidentified group with musical instruments, wearing styles similar to VC1992008. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #60, from Nellie (Wooster) Cooley, VC1886)
Photograph of Sallie Tucker Blake
Portrait photograph of Sallie Tucker Blake, VC Class of 1879. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #22)
Photograph of Sallie Tucker Blake
Full length photograph of Sallie Tucker Blake, VC Class of 1879. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #22)
Photograph of Gertie Palmer
Photograph of Gertie Palmer in her Vassar graduation dress, 1879, the same year as Sallie Tucker Blake, who wore VC1984001. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #27)
Photograph of unidentified group
Photograph of unidentified group, wearing styles similar to the brown wool and velvet bustle dress in the collection, VC1992008. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #47, from Margaret (Bagley) Hosmer, VC 1883-4)
Photograph of Alice Blanchard, Alice Shore, and E. Sutter
Photograph of Alice Blanchard, Alice Shore, and E. Sutter, wearing styles similar to the brown wool and velvet bustle dress in the collection, VC1992008. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #47, from Margaret (Bagley) Hosmer, VC 1883-4)
Photograph of Eliza Hamlier
Photograph of Eliza Hamlier, wearing a style similar to the brown wool and velvet bustle dress in the collection, VC1992008. Courtesy of Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar College (Student Photograph Album #18, from Annie M. Reed, VC 1874)
Photograph Related to 1925 Daisy Chain Dress
Kathryn Keeler Sherrill carrying the Daisy Chain, 1925. Courtesy of Kathryn Keeler Sherrill VC1927.
Photograph of Kathryn Keeler Sherrill carrying the Daisy Chain
Kathryn Keeler Sherrill carrying the Daisy Chain for the commencement ceremony at Vassar College, 1925. Courtesy of Kathryn Keeler Sherrill VC 1927.
Dorothy Kittell Hesselman VC1951 at Reunion.
Dorothy Kittell Hesselman VC1951 wearing her mother’s gymsuit to her own 40th reunion, in 1991. Courtesy Dorothy Kittell Hesselman VC1951. From left to right: Judith Guild Stewart, Barbara Miller Piane, Dorothy Kittell Hesselman, and Barbara Brockway Ruth.
Dorothy Reid Kittell winning a race
Dorothy Reid Kittell winning a race (on the right). Courtesy Dorothy Kittell Hesselman VC1951
Class of 1926 Track Team
Class of 1926 Track Team. Dorothy Reid Kittell is in the center of the front row. Courtesy Dorothy Kittell Hesselman VC1951
Class of 1926 Track Team
Class of 1926 Track Team. Dorothy Reid Kittell is the third from the right, in the back row. Courtesy Dorothy Kittell Hesselman VC1951
1926 Gymsuit Ensemble
1926 Gymsuit of Dorothy Reid Kittell VC 26, includes 2 white middy blouses with red trim and 1 pair of black bloomers with a red stripe down the side of each leg
Teal Taffeta Crinoline Ensemble
Sheer dress trimmed with self ruffles. Elbow length sleeves. Ankle length underskirt with back center panel with large horizontal pleats. Shorter overskirt, open at center back to reveal horizontal pleats on underskirt.; teal taffeta ensemble; green crochet covered small novel buttons; also hook/eye closure (both functional); sloping shoulder…
Wedding Dress of Margaret A. Heminway
Dress of cream silk taffeta; lining made of off-white polished cotton; crinoline silhouette; boned bodice, barrel-chested, princess seams in back, three waist darts in front; high neckline, finished with fine piping of about 1/6"; cap sleeves with two ruffles; boning at center back and through the front; brass hooks and eyes at center back; piped…
Franklin Simon Beaded Lace Dress
Dress of light tan silk and lace with rhinestones and beading; many layers; bodice has 8.75 inch wide tan lace pieces that are draped over each shoulder from the waist in front to the waist in the back; asymmetrical bodice overlay in front and back of light tan silk jacquard in a geometric motif; lace inset at center front to fill in v-neckline…
Brown Wool and Velvet Bustle Ensemble
Ensemble (day dress) of brown merino wool and velvet, with basque bodice and bustled skirt; bodice has standing velvet collar and velvet lapels, center front button closure with brown crochet covered buttons, 2 piece set in sleeve with velvet cuff, brown polished cotton lining, metal boning inserted in seams and finished with off-white hand…
Pingat Bustle Ensemble
Two piece bustle ensemble (dinner dress) of burgundy velvet and satin with repeated motif of red, gold, blue, and burgundy glass beads; bodice (a): basque bodice of burgundy velvet with center front button closure, square neckline trimmed with ivory lace, waist angled in front with pleated bustle in back, 3/4 length 2 piece sleeves with beaded…
Daisy Chain Dress
Dress of sheer ivory cotton batiste: boatneck; cap sleeves; dropped waist with skirt gathered and hand sewn to waistline at sides; mid calf length; metal hook and eye closures; inserted lace panels from neckline to hemline at center front and center back; lace panel trim along entire hemline; self bias tape hand sewn to edges of neck and sleeves;…
1879 Graduation Ensemble
Ivory ensemble of silk satin and lace with taffeta trim: basque bodice of ivory satin; fitted; with 3/4 length sleeves; lace ruffle trim at collar and down CF and cuffs. Skirt of ivory satin; panel of lace at front, fullness at back to accommodate bustle; attached bustle drape of satin and lace buttons over CB; slight trim. Cape of ivory satin;…