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Identifier
20124140
Description
The trend toward culture and refinement was reflected in costumes women wore in Fort Worth around the turn of the century. From left, Mrs. John Flood, Jr. in "going-away" suit of brown velvet worn by Mrs. Varner Ball Stevens in 1909; Mrs. August C. Esenwein wearing the dress worn by her grandmother, Mrs. John Culbertson, in 1890; Mrs. Richard C. Newkirk in the Worth original gown made for Mrs. J.W. Barton when she was in Paris in 1889; Mrs. Roy A. Westbrook, Jr. wearing the tea dress Mrs. W. P. Bomar wore the year she made her debut, 1913; and Mrs. K. H. Beall in the 1925 Nemser model gown of Mrs. Bert K. Smith.
Archival Date
1958-10-03
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-134
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Costume; Fashion
Names
Flood, John, Jr. (Mrs.); Esenwein, August C. (Mrs.); Newkirk, Richard C. (Mrs.); Westbrook, Roy A., Jr. (Mrs.); Beall, K. H. (Mrs.)
Subjects
Costume; Fashion