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Ensemble - Hat and Purse

Description: A) Hat of black felt; embroidery in green, purple, maroon, yellow, light green thread; beads in purple. B) Handbag of black felt lined with quilted satin; embroidery in green, purple, yellow, light green, maroon thread; beads in purple. Zipper and bow on handle.
Date: 1940~
Creator: Smith, Helen
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Stan Kenton with Benny Carter]

Description: This sheet contains four square photographs. The upper photographs show Stan Kenton with a man at a piano (left) and sitting at a table with another man looking at paperwork (right); one of the men is composer and musician Benny Carter. The bottom phtographs show what appears to be a road in the country (left) and Stan Kenton with a pencil in his mouth, composing music at a piano (right). There is also a partially obscured photograph of an unidentified woman at the top of the sheet.
Date: 1940~
Partner: UNT Music Library

Hat

Description: Hat of natural straw and yellow/orange netting. The high domed crown is encircled by layers of pleated orange/yellow netting, secured with a single wide vertical band. The whole is overlaid with a wide mesh net of same orange yellow. Round base of crown is a narrow band of matching velvet, with bow and trailing ribbon. Very narrow brim, angled downwards, of same woven straw. Hat is unlined, with inner hatband of yellow/orange grosgrain ribbon. Union label Size label
Date: 1940~
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Office of Human Radiation Experiments

Description: This website is the result of a project started in 1994 by the Department of Energy's Office of Human Radiation Experiments. The purpose of the group was to research experiments done to test the effects of radiation on humans and to compile documentation (including photographs, oral histories, declassified documents, and audio/visual clips) about the projects, making them available online in a single place. In addition to the different documentation that was cataloged, the group also publishe… more
Date: November 25, 2009
Creator: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Human Radiation Experiments.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Application of the Analogy Between Water Flow With a Free Surface and Two-Dimensional Compressible Gas Flow

Description: From Introduction: "The development of the measuring apparatus and techniques is presented herein. The application of the analogy to flows through nozzles and about circular cylinders at subsonic velocities extending into supercritical range is also presented."
Date: February 1947
Creator: Orlin, W. James; Lindner, Norman J. & Bitterly, Jack G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Indoor shot of a living room]

Description: Photograph of the corner of a living room space, with a couch against the wall to the left, a stuffed chair to the right, and a coffee table between them. There is also a small end table to the right of the chair, and another table in the corner; there are windows on both walls with opened curtains.
Date: 1940
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Dress

Description: Dress of black velvet. Knee length; short puffed sleeves. Raised empire waist gathers into bodice at waistband. High bound neckline has a slight V in front and forms ties at back. Center back closure of three self-covered buttons and loops at neckline; left side zipper under arm. Unlined; padded shoulders.
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Students saluting the American Flag]

Description: Photograph of students as they salute the forty-eight starred American flag. The envelope containing the image is inscribed "Mill Book School" while the image is also included in the December 1943 edition of National Geographic with an annotation about the Henderson Settlement in Frakes, Kentucky.
Date: 1940
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Nightgown

Description: Negligee/nightgown of white lace over pink synthetic chiffon with a two-tiered ruffled hem. Full length; pink ribbon drawstring on low rounded neckline. Lace ruffle cap shoulders. Pink ribbon tie at inserted waist band. Center front hook & eye closure.
Date: 1940
Creator: Barsa, Odette
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Nightgown

Description: Nightgown of off white or beige silk charmeuse and chiffon. Full length, empire bodice of gathered silk chiffon creating round neckline and sleeveless profile trimmed in silk charmeuse, full skirt of bias silk charmeuse, unlined.
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Nightgown

Description: Nightgown ensemble of pink cotton plissé. A) Nightgown. Bodice trimmed in white lace lattice pattern with white work embroidered flowers and French knots. Waltz-length; sleeveless. Rounded lace neckline with inserted white satin ribbon. White satin ribbon drawstring at waist. B) Bed jacket in matching white lace lattice pattern with white work embroidered flowers and French knots. Short, bell-shaped sleeves. Edges of white lace with inserted white satin ribbon. Sleeveless. pink cotton. waltz-l… more
Date: 1940
Creator: Cerri
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Nightgown

Description: Nightgown of pale pink silk charmeuse and off-white lace, bodice of two wide panels of machine made bobbin lace that overlap at the center front creating a v-neckline and surplice bodice, sleeveless, skirt of silk gathered at natural waist, full length
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Nightgown

Description: Nightgown of pale green sheer silk chiffon, full length, lace inserts at yoke and bottom half of long sleeves, collar trimmed with ruffled self, set of self ties at neckline, gathered sleeve cuffs.
Date: 1940
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

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
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