Costumes from Many Lands, 1938, Box 8, Folder 25, New York State College of Home Economics Records #23-2-749, Cornell Rare and Manuscript Collection, Ithaca, New York & India, Folder 7, Country Files, Box 11, Cornell University Department of Textiles and Apparel Records #23-19-2807, Cornell Rare and Manuscript Collection, Ithaca, New York
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Courtesy of Rare and Manuscript Collection, #23-2-749 and #23-19-2807
Costumes from Many Lands, 1938, Box 8, Folder 25, New York State College of Home Economics Records #23-2-749, Cornell Rare and Manuscript Collection, Ithaca, New York
Costumes from Many Lands, 1938, Box 8, Folder 25, New York State College of Home Economics Records #23-2-749, Cornell Rare and Manuscript Collection, Ithaca, New York
This photograph illustrates the problematic nature of Blackmore's display practices that involved white-appearing students dressing up in brownface or blackface as the "Other."
