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Agricultural Design: Creating Fashion from Fruit, Vegetables, and Flowers
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THC National Register Collection
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Rescuing Texas History, 2006
45
Rescuing Texas History, 2010
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Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Files
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Texas Cultures Online
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[Frances Pegues]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Frances is wearing a costume that mimics a basket of poinsettias and fern.
Date:
December 1936
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Louise Clark]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Louise Clark is wearing a Asian style outfit of citrus peel and leaves. Dragon depicted on back, and has long nails.
Date:
December 1936
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Maxine Dunson]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Maxine Dunson is wearing a dress made out of fern and pompas grass.
Date:
December 1936
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Melba Cellum]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Miss Cellum is wearing a long hoop skirt made out of citrus membrane peel and leaves. The bodice is made out of citrus leaves in red and white cellophane.
Date:
December 1936
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mrs. Mildred Carlson]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
Date:
December 1936
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Thelma Youree]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Thelma is wearing a gown made of grapefruit peel & seeds
Date:
December 1936
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jean Van Porter]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Jean is wearing costume mimicing Cleopatras, made of citrus peel and leaves.
Date:
December 1935
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Louise Clark]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Louise Clark is wearing Chinese dress made out of citrus leaves. In the back of the outfit it has a dragon depicted. It's scales were shaped from tangerine peel. She carries an incense pot of ? with flames made of centers of Hibiscus. Long fingernails are of pink grapefruit peel. Trim on Blouse & Trousers are of grapefruit peel.
Date:
December 1935
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Margie Kimmel]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Margie is representing the Fine Arts Club.
Date:
December 1935
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mary Jane Lee Williams]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Dress: grapefruit peel. Edge of train: citrus leaves. Palm Scene: Tangerine peel. Tiara- Citrus seeds. Representing the Womens Study club of Weslaco.
Date:
December 1935
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mrs. Winnie McQueen]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Winnie is wearing a gown made of citrus peel & leaves.
Date:
December 1934
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Southwestern Land co. excursion party at Sharyland
Excursion party posing in front of palm trees, cars and house in the background
Date:
January 27, 1930
Creator:
Gardner, J. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Little Girl]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Little girl wearing a costume that has a cape with Weslaco written in front.
Date:
1930~
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Model of Reynosa, MX]
An Entry in Weslaco's annual "Birthday Party" fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Model of Reynosa is wearing a costume of the 18th Century gown. The gown is made of raw cotton carded.
Date:
1930~
Creator:
Edrington Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Excursion party of the Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland
Excursion party posing in front of the Shary house.
Date:
February 4, 1924
Creator:
Ziebel Studio
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sharyland excursion party
Excursion party posing to the side of the old office.
Date:
February 10, 1918
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
J. H. Shary excursion
Excursion party posing in front of Charles Volz's home.
Date:
December 18, 1916
Creator:
Murff, J.C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Mountains Near Rio Grande River]
Photograph of mountains from a top view displaying trails, rocks, and trees. There various types of terrain shown of the mountain.
Date:
1916
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Big Melch Canal]
Panoramic photograph of a large dirt canal with two men in a car on the right, a man with horse and plow in the center, and fields and farm buildings in the background.
Date:
1915~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John H. Shary excursion party]
Excursion party posing in a cleared field.
Date:
1915~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[John H. Shary excursion party]
Excursion party posing to the right of a wooden building in front of a cleared field
Date:
1915~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History