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In a Detroit shop (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  The dungarees/overalls are surprisingly close-fitting for the era. But then, they probably weren't preshrunk! See "War puts overalls in style" in The Chicago Day Book., February 28, 1917, LAST EDITION, Image 13 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1917-02-28/ed-...

• Retired at last said:

  Could be a date at the bottom 12/26/17. Note their hair is tied up to prevent it catching in the machinery, and protective cover over the foot control.

• swanq said:

  More on overalls for women in 1917: As Seen in Vogue: A Century of American Fashion in Advertising, page 32. books.google.com/books?id=MvilOZhaRkAC&pg=PR43&lp... One ad is from Finck's which was a Detroit company. See www.sweetjuniperinspiration.com/2010/02/fincks-overalls.html for a piece by someone who chased down the history of the company and deduced that it was taken over by Carhartt.

• Arden said:

  Thank you swanq and Retired at last for noting the date on the negative and for tracking down the interesting history of how World War I influenced women's clothing. We will add more details when we update.