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Time Search; The Twentieth Century: 1930 to 1946
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
Kent State University Museum

Day dress, first half of the 1930s.
Silk chiffon printed with pattern of orange and black tiger stripes and pink and blue flowering trees.
Kent State University Museum
The Helen O. Borowitz Collection
KSUM 1997.71.1

Evening dress by M. Montaldo, first half of the 1930s.
Chartreuse silk chiffon with large chiffon flower above tiers and bias skirt. The label reads: "Milgrim, Chicago-New York-Cleveland, M. Montaldo, Date: 7/3/30, No. 18264".
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.369

Evening dress, second half of the 1930s.
Gold sequins on the bodice and black chiffon circular skirt over black lining.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Martha McCaskey Selhorst
KSUM 1996.58.283

Cocktail dress attributed to Gilbert Adrian, circa 1940.
Yellow silk taffetas with warp printed flowered motifs.
Kent State University Museum
Silverman/Rodgers Collection
KSUM 1983.1.403

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