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Lounging robe

Description: Lounging robe of sage green wool challis. Full length; long sleeves. Double collar of matching sage wool and ivory peau de soie. Center front lapped opening and attached belt. Closure of two hook and eye with one snap at top of opening. Lined in ivory peau de soie. Designer label: Galbraith / Original
Date: 1940
Creator: Galbraith
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Monogrammed dress

Description: Dress of green and navy blue wool jersey with monogram of "CNC" at left on navy bodice. Knee length; short sleeves with green cuffs. Slit pockets with navy plackets. Gathers at natural waist. Center front snap closure with cutout rounded neckline and closure of two green glass spherical buttons and loops. Additional left side zipper closure. Unlined.
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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Envelope for DuBarry Pattern #5136

Description: DuBarry pattern 5136 to make a dress with front closure, rounded or convertible collar, long or short set-in sleeves, hip pockets, flared skirt, and day length, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1940
Creator: DuBarry
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[A rose bush next to a house]

Description: Photograph of a rose bush growing next to a house. The exterior wall of the house and a window can be seen behind the bush. The photograph is taken from a low angle looking upwards.
Date: [1940..]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Calendar for 1940]

Description: Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1940, bound in full red/brown leather with gilt decorations.
Date: 1939
Creator: Tiffany and Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Peach silk slip

Description: Slip of peach silk satin with off-white lace trim and tiny pique stitch and floral embroidery at neckline. Empire waistline with gathers below bust; adjustable spaghetti straps; below knee-length.
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Rayon blouse

Description: Blouse of siena or dark dusty pink rayon crepe with beaded collar of white and gold beads in floral motif. Short sleeves. Fitted; waist length. Center front placket opening with five hidden circular transparent light brown buttons; outer placket embellished with four oval beaded "leaf" forms matching work at collar. Unlined. Label inside left hem: Gotham / for better blouses Evidence of label removed.
Date: 1940
Creator: Gotham
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Nightgown

Description: Nightgown of cream or off-white georgette, bias-cut with silk charmeuse and ecru colored alencon lace inserts following the bust line and applique flowers of self on bodice, straps of bias self looped through top of bust cups, bias insert at natural waist, full length. Bed jacket of matching alencon lace, waist length, short full set-in sleeves, center front opening with no closures.
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Nightgown

Description: A) Nightgown of pink satin, bias-cut, with wide white floral lace edging at upper bodice, and band of floral embroidery in pink along base of lace band. Full-length, flaring to hem. Narrow straps, braided at shoulder. Attached self tie at waist. B) Matching pink satin underpants. No labels
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Hat of brown felt. Styled similarly to an Alpine hat, the crown is of dark brown felt, with a triangular cross-section and flattened and "sunken" top. Around the base of the crown is a band of light brown grosgrain ribbon with one trailing end extending along brim to edge. The medium brim curves downwards at front, and turns upwards at back. The hat is unlined, with an inner hatband of light brown grosgrain ribbon at inside base of crown. Label sewn to inner hatband: "Jacqueline / Dallas".
Date: 1940
Creator: Jacqueline (Dallas, Texas)
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Hat

Description: Hat of natural straw. Low domed crown and very wide brim. Tight weave with decorative open weave about 1.5 inches from brim. Around crown is a heavy gold braided ribbon set with spaced rhinestones and large rhinestone where ribbon diverts from crown. Ends of ribbon extend in back to hang off of brim. Off-white grosgrain ribbon inner hatband inside crown. Label sewn to inner ribbon band: "Edna Mye / Dallas". Marked inside crown of hat: "by Hawes"
Date: 1940~
Creator: Mye, Edna
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Silk blouse

Description: Blouse of off-white silk. Waist-length; fitted. Standing collar with extended ends forming a tie. The edges of the ruffle and the borders of the front placket have narrow bands of hand fagoting. Center front opening with five small circular buttons and hidden snaps. Elbow length sleeves gathered and slightly "puffed" at shoulder. Designer's label: Yolande / Handmade 36
Date: 1940
Creator: Yolande
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Twill suit

Description: Brown wool twill suit. A) Brown blazer with two front pockets; tan lining; 3 buttons in front. wide, pointed collar Designer Label inside left hem: Tailored by / Joselli / 100% all wool B) Matching knee-length skirt; no pleats
Date: 1940
Creator: Joselli
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Photograph of a car driving through a neighborhood #3]

Description: Photograph of an automobile driving through a neighborhood, taken from a parking lot across the street. The passenger hangs their arm out of the automobile's window. It drives past a small brick house with a shingle roof. Two automobiles are parked in the home's concrete driveway. Other houses, some trees, and power lines are visible beyond the house.
Date: [1940..1970]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Influence of Naval Strategy on Churchill's Foreign Policy: May - September 1940

Description: This study examines Churchill's struggle during the summer of 1940 to preserve Britain's naval superiority worldwide, through the neutralization of the French fleet and by securing the active participation of the United States. Sources consulted included autobiographies of the participants, especially those by Churchill, Reynaud, Baudouin, and Weygand, document collections, and British and American official histories. This study is organized to give a chronological analysis of Churchill's effor… more
Date: May 1993
Creator: Furlet, Brooke (Brooke Gardiner)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Aerodynamic investigation of a parabolic body of revolution at Mach number of 1.92 and some effects of an annular supersonic jet exhausting from the base

Description: Report discussing an aerodynamic investigation of a slender pointed parabolic body of revolution was conducted at Mach number of 1.92 with and without the effects of an annular supersonic jet exhausting from the base.
Date: September 1956
Creator: Love, Eugene S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An analysis of the airspeeds and normal accelerations of Boeing S-307 airplanes in commercial transport operation

Description: From Introduction: "The present paper has been prepared to give the results of the analysis of the V-G records obtained from three Boeing S-307 airplanes operating in Caribbean region and the northern part of South America during the period from 1940 to 1944."
Date: September 1946
Creator: Peiser, A. M. & Walker, W. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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