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Mainbocher: Designer of the “Best Dressed Women in the World”

by NationalArchivesBlog, posted in Fine and Graphic Arts, Navy, Marines, & Coast Guard, Women's History, World War II

It was July 1960 and the city of Dallas, Texas was playing host to thousands of Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service, who were in town to celebrate the 18th National Reunion of their historic unit. Established in 1942, the Navy WAVES were created to address the need to fill positions at Naval shore stations … Continue reading Mainbocher: Designer of the “Best Dressed Women in the World”

Virtually visiting America’s Cultural Institutions in the time of COVID

by ddancis, posted in Electronic Records, Interior/Environment

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring records from the National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 – 2017 (National Archives ID 20812721), a series within Record Group 79: Records of the National Park Service.  We are in a new reality – living in a world of a … Continue reading Virtually visiting America’s Cultural Institutions in the time of COVID