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dress

Date: 1999 - 1999
Country: United States of America
Continent: North America
Title: New York
Technique: nonwoven, printed
Material: metal, olefin, plastic
Artist: Caplan, Sarah
Dimensions: 37 x 24 in. (93 x 61 cm)
Credit: Purchased via reimbursement with HLATC funds
Accession Number: 2002.02.002


Comments: MPH Poster Dress Collection, one of five designs in collection, size medium.  Woman's A-line tyvek dress, sleeveless, scoop necked with New York City skyline printed on front and back.  The front image depicts the World Trade Center Towers and the Statue of Liberty.  The back is printed with the skyline and two blimps in the sky (upper bodice).  Two white snaps are at each shoulder.

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This object has the following bibliographic references:
  • Business Week. , 1966. Page Number: 72-74.
  • Alexandra Palmer. Dress and Popular Culture. Bowling Green State Univ. Popular Press. Bowling Green, Ohio , 1991. Page Number: 85-105.
  • HLATC Newsletter--Fall 1997. Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. , 1997. Page Number: 6-7.

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