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  • Life and fashion in America, 1650-1900, pictured and annotated by Paul McPharlin.

    • Text
    • New York, Hastings House [1946]
    • 1946
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MMP (McPharlin, P. Life and fashion)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • The First Ladies in fashion. With fashion notes by Philip Robertson.

    • Text
    • New York, Hastings House [1954]
    • 1954
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MMP (Truett, R. B. First ladies in fashion)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Early American costume, by Edward Warwick and Henry C. Pitz; with illustrations by the authors.

    • Text
    • New York, London, The Century Co. [c1929]
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MMP (Warwick, E. Early American costume)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Catalogue of American historical costumes, including those of the mistresses of the White House, as shown in the United States National Museum, compiled by Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes.

    • Text
    • Washington, 1915.
    • 1915
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MMP (Hoes, R. G. Catalogue of American historical costumes)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • History of American costume, 1607-1870; with an introductory chapter on dress in the Spanish and French settlements in Florida and Louisana [!] by Elisabeth McClellan; illustrations in colour, pen and ink, and half-tone by Sophie B. Steel ... and Cecil W. Trout; together with reproductions from photographs of rare portraits, original garments, etc.

    • Text
    • New York, Tudor publishing company, 1937.
    • 1937
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MMP (McClellan, E. History of American costume)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Frank Leslie's lady's magazine fashion plates, 1857-1872.

    • Text
    • [New York, 1872]
    • 1872
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MMA++ (Frank Leslie's lady's magazine. Fashion plates)Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Five centuries of American costume.

    • Text
    • New York, Scribner [1963]
    • 1963
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQF 15-1349Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • City of New York golden anniversary of fashion, 1898-1948.

    • Text
    • [New York, 1948]
    • 1948
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MMP+ (New York (City). Golden jubilee of the city of New York, Mayor's committee for the commemoration of the. City of New York golden anniversary of fashion)Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • China chic : East meets West / Valerie Steele & John S. Major.

    • Text
    • New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *R-ART GT1555 .S8 1999Schwarzman Building - Art Reference Room 300

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  • Collection by design : a paper doll history of costume, 1750-1900 / Norma Lu Meehan, Jean L. Druesedow.

    • Text
    • Lubbock, Tex., USA : Texas Tech University Press, c1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MMP+ 00-11620Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Posing a threat : flappers, chorus girls, and other brazen performers of the American 1920s / Angela J. Latham.

    • Text
    • Hanover, NH : Published by University Press of New England [for] Wesleyan University Press, c2000.
    • 2000
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 00-9383Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Civil War gentlemen : 1860s apparel arts & uniforms / by R.L. Shep, W.S. Salisbury, with an article by Peter Dervis ; pattern consultant, Betty Williams.

    • Text
    • Mendocino, CA : R.L. Shep, c1994.
    • 1994
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text IK 00-8473Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • American costumes [microform] 150 years of style in America, 1775-1925, forty eight costumes with color notation, by Eudora Sellner.

    • Text
    • Worcester, Mass., The School Arts Magazine, c1925.
    • 1900-1983
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *ZM 3-MAR p.v. 103-108Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Dress.

    • Text
    • [New York] : Costume Society of America.
    • 1975-present
    • 15 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQM 02-60Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQM 02-60 v. 39 no.1 (2013)Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQM 02-60 v. 45, no.1 (2019)Offsite
  • Windows on the past : identifying, dating, & preserving photographs / by Diane V. Gagel.

    • Text
    • Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 2000.
    • 2000
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text APB 01-3989Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

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  • Dress codes : meanings and messages in American culture / Ruth P. Rubinstein.

    • Text
    • Boulder, Colo. ; Oxford : Westview Press, 2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 01-4915Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Pantaloons and power : nineteenth-century dress reform in the United States / Gayle V. Fischer.

    • Text
    • Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2001.
    • 2001
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 01-8097Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Peterson's magazine.

    • Text
    • [Philadelphia] : [C.J. Peterson], 1848-1892.
    • 1848-1892
    • 60 Items

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *DA (Peterson's magazine) v. 101 (Jan. -June 1892)Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *DA (Peterson's magazine) v. 102 (July-Dec. 1892)Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *DA (Peterson's magazine) v. 109-110 (1896)Offsite
  • Frank Leslie' lady's journal : devoted to fashion and choice literature.

    • Text
    • New York : [s.n., 186?-188?]
    • 188-188
    • 13 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *DA (Frank Leslie's ladies journal) v. 18-19 (July-Dec. 1880)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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    Text *DA (Frank Leslie's ladies journal) v. 19-20 (Jan. -June 1881)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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    Text *DA (Frank Leslie's ladies journal) v. 20 (July 2 - Oct. 8 1881)Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • StyleNoir : the first how-to guide to fashion written with Black women in mind / Constance C.R. White ; original illustrations by Alvin Bell.

    • Text
    • New York : Berkley Pub. Group, 1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 01-972Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Reference book of women's vintage clothing, 1930-1939 / Kathleen M. La Barre, Kay D. La Barre.

    • Text
    • [The Dalles, OR : La Barre Books, c1999]
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQF 02-1288Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • The Plastic Club catalogue : exhibition of miniatures, collection of silhouettes and colonial garments.

    • Text
    • Philadelphia : [Plastic Club, 1901?]
    • 1901
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQG 03-89Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Reforming women's fashion, 1850-1920 : politics, health, and art / Patricia A. Cunningham.

    • Text
    • Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2003.
    • 2003
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQZ 12-1916Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Fashions of a decade. The 1990s / Elane Feldman ; series editors, Valerie Cumming and Elane Feldman ; original illustrations by Robert Price.

    • Text
    • New York : Facts on File, c1992.
    • 1992
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *R-ART GT615 .F45 1992Schwarzman Building - Art Reference Room 300

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text GT615 .F45Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Fashionable clothing from the Sears catalogs : early 1960s with price guide / Tina Skinner.

    • Text
    • Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., c2002.
    • 2002
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQZ 12-2123Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • As seen in Vogue : a century of American fashion in advertising / Daniel Delis Hill.

    • Text
    • Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, c2004.
    • 2004
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQZ 12-2178Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Art to wear / Julie Schafler Dale ; photography by Otto Stupakoff.

    • Text
    • New York : Abbeville Press, 1986.
    • 1986
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text 3-MME+ 87-930Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300

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  • Costume of colonial times [microform].

    • Text
    • New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1894.
    • 1970-1894
  • Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX [microform] / by Alice Morse Earle.

    • Text
    • New York : The Macmillan Company, c1903.
    • 1970-1903
  • Design USA exhibit / Jody Blake, Bobbi Owen.

    • Text
    • Syracuse, NY : United States Institute for Theatre Technology, c2007.
    • 2007
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWEP 08-6185Offsite
  • Costume -- 1600s -- American [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [19--]
    • 19-19
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/79d4a650-c52e-012f-67ad-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=421:e4c50800-c53f-012f-e365-58d385a7bc34
  • Costume -- 1700s -- American [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [19--]
    • 19-19
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/79d4a650-c52e-012f-67ad-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=428:55623350-c540-012f-44c5-58d385a7bc34
  • Costume -- 1820s -- American [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [19--]
    • 19-19
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/79d4a650-c52e-012f-67ad-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=439:70931da0-c541-012f-f595-58d385a7bc34
  • Costume -- 1850s -- American [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [19--]
    • 19-19
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/79d4a650-c52e-012f-67ad-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=448:22f755f0-c542-012f-52cd-58d385a7bc34
  • Costume -- 1880s -- American [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [19--]
    • 19-19
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/79d4a650-c52e-012f-67ad-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=458:edf68370-c544-012f-be29-58d385a7bc34
  • Costume -- 1830s -- American [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [19--]
    • 19-19
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/79d4a650-c52e-012f-67ad-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=442:9fe86e10-c541-012f-8022-58d385a7bc34
  • Costume -- 1840s -- American [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [19--]
    • 19-19
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/79d4a650-c52e-012f-67ad-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=445:d2f5cd70-c541-012f-b33d-58d385a7bc34
  • Costume -- 1860s -- American [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [19--]
    • 19-19
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/79d4a650-c52e-012f-67ad-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=451:dbc45720-c542-012f-eb11-58d385a7bc34
  • Costume -- 1870s -- American [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [19--]
    • 19-19
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/79d4a650-c52e-012f-67ad-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=454:316d2820-c544-012f-606d-58d385a7bc34
  • Costume -- 1890s -- American [graphic].

    • Still image
    • [19--]
    • 19-19
    • 1 Resource

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    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/79d4a650-c52e-012f-67ad-58d385a7bc34#/?tab=navigation&roots=461:f22e4590-c545-012f-ac7d-58d385a7bc34
  • The costumes of the mistresses of the White House as shown in the United States National Museum, by Rose Gouverneur Hoes.

    • Text
    • Washington, D.C., 1925.
    • 1925
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text J 391 HSchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Hollywood catwalk : exploring costume and transformation in American film / Tamar Jeffers McDonald.

    • Text
    • London : I. B. Tauris, 2010.
    • 2010
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MFL 10-5486Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Directory of lodges of Free and Accepted Masons and other Masonic bodies in the states of New York and New Jersey : Order of Eastern Star lodge room etiquette : officers; handy reference guide.

    • Text
    • New York : Masonic Publishing, 1925.
    • 1925
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text SKG (Directory of lodges of Free and Accepted Masons)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The entertainment sourcebook.

    • Text
    • New York : Applause ; Milwaukie [sic], WI : Sales & Distribution, H. Leonard, c2001-
    • 2001-present
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWA 13-36 2011/2012Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MWA 13-36 2011/2012Offsite
  • Dress [electronic resource].

    • Text
    • [New York] : Costume Society of America
    • 1975-present
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    http://WU9FB9WH4A.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=WU9FB9WH4A&S=JCs&C=DRES&T=marc
  • A wonderful night (Operetta) programs.

    • Mixed material
    • 1929-1930.
    • 1929-1930
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Mixed material MWEZ+ n.c. 5616Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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  • Pretty things : the last generation of American burlesque queens / Liz Goldwyn ; edited by Jennifer Augustyn ; art direction by Frank Longo.

    • Text
    • New York : Regan, ©2006.
    • 2006
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGS (U.S.) 18-6652Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Men of color : fashion, history, fundamentals / Lloyd Boston ; foreword by Quincy Jones ; introduction by André Leon Talley.

    • Text
    • New York : Artisan, 1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc F 98-1295Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Dress, gender and cultural change : Asian American and African American rites of passage / Annette Lynch.

    • Text
    • Oxford ; New York : Berg, 1999.
    • 1999
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JFE 00-3982Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc E 01-438Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • 1920s fashions from B. Altman & Company.

    • Text
    • Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JQF 01-43Offsite

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