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"Pretty and patriotic" : women's consumption of apparel during World War II

Creator:

Mower, Jennifer M.

Abstract:

The War Production Board issued limitation order 85 in April 1942 in order to conserve fabric and manpower needed for the war effort. The L-85 order froze the silhouette so no major style changes in women's wear would occur during the war. It is clear that on the one hand...

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Dissertation

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: ______________________________________________________________ Elaine L. Pedersen The War Production Board issued limitation order 85 in April 1942
Fashion media's role in the debate on millinery and bird protection in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Creator:

Scarborough, Amy D.

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to explore the possible relationship among fashion media, the social responsibility agenda of the Audubon Society, and the use of birds in millinery in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Both the content analysis method and the historic method were used to gain...

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Dissertation

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: _____________________________________________________________________ Elaine L. Pedersen The purpose of this study was to explore the possible relationship
Talking back: voices from an empty house: the interior space of the Frantz-Dunn House as artifact

Creator:

Bryant, Kathleen J.

Abstract:

The 134-year old Frantz-Dunn House in Hoskins, Oregon is an intact, well-preserved example of rural Gothic architecture in the Willamette Valley. The old farmstead sits on a former Civil War Fort site and represents a link in the history of the region to the larger patterns of expansion in America...

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Masters Thesis