All images in The New Found Photography are from my own private collection. I do not reblog or use any photos from any other source. All photos are either original prints or prints made from negatives in my collection. Remember, you can always click on an image to see it in a larger window.
Monday, May 18, 2015
The Waterbury Paper Box Co. Wedding Album 19
I wonder how much a dress like this cost in the 1920s, and how much a similar dress would cost today. My curiosity has more to do with changes in society than fashion. Was this dress sewn by immigrant women working in a sweatshop? Would that happen today? I think both are likely, and adjusted for inflation, their wages probably haven't gone up. In fact they may have gone down.
This one's a contact print from an 8x10 negative. Click on Waterbury Box Co. Album in labels to see more. There's still a lot of photos to go, but we'll have to wait awhile to see them. It's time to move onto other things for a month or so.
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