150 Years Of History, Told Through One Family’s Wardrobe
Cream rayon evening dress with yellow and tangerine drapes, 1932. Photo courtesy of Jane Bradbury.Rear view detail of printed rayon/cotton day dress by Samuel Kass, designed for Tuya perfume. Photo courtesy of Jane Bradbury.Formal portrait of Augusta Denton Roddis, by Kay Carrington, Pi Beta Phi House, Northwestern University, 1937. Photo courtesy of Jane Bradbury.Silk chiffon dress with cotton lace, circa 1910. Photo courtesy of Jane Bradbury.Blue silk gauze evening dress with a chiné floral, silk taffeta underdress, circa 1908. Private collection of Sara Witter Connor. Photo courtesy of Jane Bradbury.Clockwise from top left: Catherine’s sample book with fragment of beaded dress trimming, 1912; postcard from the Armour Institute, 1904; detail of Miriam Prindle’s letter, with shirtwaist sketches, 1905; shirtwaist drawn thread-work collar, circa1905; thimble; graduation photo of Catherine, 1906; set of needles; gingham embroidery sample by Catherine; portrait of the Prindle family women, 1902. Photo courtesy of Jane Bradbury.“Cocktail,” a silk taffeta evening dress designed by the newly prominent designer, Gladys Parker, 1934. Photo courtesy of Jane Bradbury.Fur-trimmed day dress with metal belt, worn by Augusta Denton Roddis while at Northwestern University, circa 1934. Photo courtesy of Jane Bradbury.Satin‐back rayon crêpe evening dress with circular rhinestone buckles, circa 1938, and possibly homemade. Photo courtesy of Jane Bradbury.Detail of dark gray and white linen sleeveless day dress, circa 1952. Photo courtesy of Jane Bradbury.
