[Billie Marion Parks Hickman] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Billie Marion Parks Hickman]

Date

  • Digitized: 2007-02-14

Language

  • No Language

Description

  • Content Description: 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 of grapefruit peel with green pepper trim. Dress was worn over a petticoat of green peppers made of simulate taffeta. Earrings, combs and evening purse were made from grapefruit seed. sprinkled w/stardust and her sandals were covered w/ inner peel of grapefruit and adorned w/ pepper seeds.

Subject

  • Keyword: Weslaco Birthday Party
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Clothing
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Fashion shows Pictorial works.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Hidalgo County - Weslaco
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Collection

  • Name: Agricultural Design: Creating Fashion from Fruit, Vegetables, and Flowers
    Code: ADCF

Institution

  • Name: Weslaco Museum
    Code: WEBM

Rights

  • Rights Access: public

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 2006.009.111
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth21316
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