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Image ID

803323


Item data

Title

Ball dress

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Costume -- 1860s -- American

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1865

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC COSTU-186-Am

Subjects

Headdresses
Women -- Clothing & dress -- United States -- 1860-1869
Clothing & dress -- United States -- 1860-1869
Embroidery
Ball dresses -- 1860-1869

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on image: "Braid and point russe trimming." Written on image: "Aug. 1865."
Source Note: The Peterson magazine. (Philadelphia : Charles J. Peterson, 1842-1898).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 23 x 14 cm. (9 x 5 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17566451
Barcode: 33333159210612
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e2207900-c542-012f-42f0-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1865

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Ball dress" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1865. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e2207900-c542-012f-42f0-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1865). Ball dress Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e2207900-c542-012f-42f0-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Ball dress" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e2207900-c542-012f-42f0-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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