Clothing and dress

Interior view of what appears to be a closet with towels in view on shelves. A partial view of a military uniform is on the right. Photograph may have been taken while Charles Thayer was a student at West Point Military Academy, 1929-1933. Original negative in Library.

Women's Army Corps (WACs) Technician (T/5) Thelma M. Mersch of Cincinnati, Ohio is wearing the new field uniform chosen by the WACs. This uniform was considered the most practical for field tent work and consisted of field boots, "High Top" slacks and wool shirt. Mersch was stationed with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army stationed somewhere in the Sparanise area of Italy.

WAC Technician (T/5) Eunice H. Onsrud of Madison, Wisconsin, is shown with the new WAC field uniform which included field boots, wool trousers and wool shirt. Onsrud served with the WAC 6669th Headquarters Platoon supporting the Fifth Army somewhere in the Sparanise area, Italy.

WAC Technician (T/5) Laura O. Howieson of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sews on her new corporal stripes. She is serving in the San Marco area, Italy, with the United States 5th Army.

WAC T/5 Daisy E. Jessup of Bremerton, Washington, of the 6669th WAC Headquarters platoon checks to see that all the clothes on the rack are hanging neatly before leaving for her work with the Fifth Army, which is stationed in the San Marco Area, Italy.

WAC Technician 5 Dorothy E. Kengle of Tulsa, Oklahoma, "has solved her stocking problem by merely joining the WACs. Now when they run dotty merely runs to the supply room and salvages them for a new pair." She is shown getting stockings from Sergeant Bertha C. Benninghoff of Edina, Minnesota. Both women are serving in the Fifth Army, San Marco Area, Italy.

A walled Arab home and garden with laundry hanging in the enclosure, somewhere in North Africa.

This is a nighttime photo of Westport Men's Wear Company owned by Eddie Jacobson. It was at the corner of 39th and Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The sign over the door reads, "Arrow Shirts" and below that, "Botany 500." The signs above the awnings are the same both left and right. They read, "Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes" and "Eddie Jacobson." A daytime photo is 2008-269. Photo 2008-277 shows an interior view. From: Elinor Borenstine. Donor: Elinor Borenstine, daughter of Eddie Jacobson.

Lieutenant Governor James Blair (right) of Missouri transferring the gown of Mrs. Bess W. Truman to three women representing the Cole County Historical Society, Jefferson City, Missouri. Mrs. North, Mrs. Hobbs, and Miss Henwood of the Society receiving. The ceremony took place in the Governor's reception room of the State Capitol. This is one of the gowns worn by Mrs. Truman during the various Inaugural festivities in 1949.