Gummed-Tape Dress Form Demonstration

Description:

State Extension specialist, tentatively identified as Bertha Titsworth, giving lesson to group of women on how to make a dress form. Original photo was not dated, but Bertha Titsworth did this kind of work from 1914-18. Here they are seen in the Home Economics Building as identified by the rug.

Attribution:

New York State College of Home Economics records, 1875-1979, #23-2-749, Box 114, Folder 04. DD-TC-03. Human Ecology Historical Photographs. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Date:

1914-18