Fashion | Western Kentucky University

1920s Couple

Outdoor image of an unidentified 1920s couple. The woman is wearing a long skirt and blouse with a wide-brimmed hat. She is also wearing a strand of pearls and is holding a small change purse. The man is wearing a three-piece suit and bowtie with fedora hat. Please help identify the persons in this photograph, send an email via the feedback button or phone (270) 745-6092. This image were found in a home being torn down in Bowling Green, KY.

Record Type: Photo

1920s Dress

This is a photograph of a woman taken between 1910 and 1920. She is wearing a dark dress with a V neckline, a sailor collar, embroidered detailing, and diagonal rows of buttons on the bust. She is also wearing thin framed glasses. Please help identify the persons in this photograph, send information using the feedback button or by calling 270-745-5083.

Record Type: Photo

1920's Dress and Hairstyle

This is a young woman from the mid 1920's to the early 1930's. She is wearing a dark, sleeveless dress with lace shoulder straps. The dress is slim through the bodice and slightly fuller below the drop waist. Her hairstyle is known as the fingerwave hairstyle.

Record Type: Photo

A. Batz Family

A. Batz and family: This was a neighbor family of the Kummers who lived in Schweizer, Simpson County, KY. "Schweizer, located in southwest Simpson County, Kentucky, was chiefly settled by German immigrants in the mid-1890s."

Record Type: Photo

African American Casey's Saloon

African American man in front of a saloon, Casey's; he is shown with liquor bottles and is wearing a white hat, coat and shoes; please help identify the persons in this photograph, send information using the feedback button or by calling 270-745-5083.

Record Type: Photo

African American Child

Postcard of an African American (Black ) child wearing winter clothing; she has on a wool coat, hat and has her hands in a matching muff. Please help identify the person in this photograph, send information using the feedback button or by calling 270-745-5083. The photograph was taken by the Hurd Studio in Bowling Green, KY. 14 x 8 cm.

Record Type: Archive

African American Fashionable Women and Men

African American women; they are shown in fur coats and hats; another photograph shows two women and a young men. They are dressed in fashionable clothes with the women wearing silk dresses; please help identify the persons in this photograph, send information using the feedback button or by calling 270-745-5083.

Record Type: Photo

African American Girl

"For Research Only" reprinted image of an African American young girl in a formal studio portrait. She is dressed in a suit and is wearing gloves and holding a purse.

Record Type: Photo

African American Girl - Bettison, N. B.

Image of an African American girl from Bowling Green, KY; please help identify the person in this photograph, send information using the feedback button or by calling 270-745-5083. She is shown wearing an elaborate hat, long wool coat and a fur wrap.

Record Type: Photo

African American Woman

Image of an African American woman perhaps from Bowling Green, KY; please help identify the person in this photograph, send information using the feedback button or by calling 270-745-5083. She is shown holding a violin.

Record Type: Photo

African American Woman

Cabinet image of a young African American woman; she is wearing a dark silk dress with large buttons and a lace collar. Please help identify the persons in this photograph, send information using the feedback button or by calling 270-745-5083.

Record Type: Photo

African American Women

Image of an African American women from Bowling Green, KY; please help identify the persons in this photograph, send information using the feedback button or by calling 270-745-5083. They are shown in front of their home.

Record Type: Photo

African American Women

Image of an African American women perhaps from Bowling Green, KY; please help identify the persons in this photograph, send information using the feedback button or by calling 270-745-5083. They are shown wearing military style caps.

Record Type: Photo

Aileen Oldham Beasley Potter

Black and white photographs with Aileen Oldham Beasley Potter; she is shown wearing the fashions of the 1940s. In one of the photographs, she is shown with her sisters, one of them is Libby Oldham Comer who married Thomas Wickliffe Comer.

Record Type: Photo