| Series of photographs showing the Westchester County Thrift Shop and the many activities conducted ... |
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Cornell University Library
Collection: Human Ecology Historical Photographs
Title: Series of photographs showing the Westchester County Thrift Shop and the many activities conducted there. Date is 1921. Many of the photographs in this series are very finely composed, and reflect very graphically the spirit of the enterprise.
Collection #23-2-749, item AC-ER-15
Div. Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5wh2
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| Series of photographs showing the Westchester County Thrift Shop and the many activities conducted ... |
|
Cornell University Library
Collection: Human Ecology Historical Photographs
Title: Series of photographs showing the Westchester County Thrift Shop and the many activities conducted there. Date is 1921. Many of the photographs in this series are very finely composed, and reflect very graphically the spirit of the enterprise.
Collection #23-2-749, item AC-ER-16
Div. Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5wh3
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source. |
| Series of photographs showing the Westchester County Thrift Shop and the many activities conducted ... |
|
Cornell University Library
Collection: Human Ecology Historical Photographs
Title: Series of photographs showing the Westchester County Thrift Shop and the many activities conducted there. Date is 1921. Many of the photographs in this series are very finely composed, and reflect very graphically the spirit of the enterprise.
Collection #23-2-749, item AC-ER-17
Div. Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5wh4
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source. |
| Mary H. Nye, Dry and Fancy Goods Shop |
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View of the Mary H. Nye, Dry and Fancy Goods shop, on Centre Street, with Mary posed in the doorway, c. 1880s.
In the early and middle years of the 19th century, the preponderance of women merchants, selling everything from daily necessities to exotic goods, gave Centre Street the nickname "Petticoat Row." Generally, in the 19th century, women's roles became increasingly confined to the home as the shortage of male labor was overcome. But on Nantucket, whaling husbands were away for long stretches— as long as five years—and the dangers of whaling often left women widows. The Quaker influence, which valued competence of all sorts in women, and hard work and thrift in everyone, was crucial as well.
Image number: F1756 |
| 23-29 Richmond Place F. 28.29 |
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National Library of Scotland
Photograph of a four storey tenement. Shops on the ground floor are General Dealer J.A.Masterson and Charles Greiner Wine and Spirit Merchant. Mother and child just visible in the fourth window of the top storey above the wine and spirit merchant. Below there are five men and two women standing around. There are also some people retreating under the archway on the left side of the picture.
digital.nls.uk/74506842 |
| Petticoat Row Shop, c. 1880s |
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nha.library
Interior of a Petticoat Row shop, with three shop keepers standing below a large Bric-A-Brac sign. The shop offers general household goods. Note the Nantucket baskets on the left. c. 1880s
In the early and middle years of the 19th century, the preponderance of women merchants, selling everything from daily necessities to exotic goods, gave Centre Street the nickname "Petticoat Row." Generally, in the 19th century, women's roles became increasingly confined to the home as the shortage of male labor was overcome. But on Nantucket, whaling husbands were away for long stretches— as long as five years—and the dangers of whaling often left women widows. The Quaker influence, which valued competence of all sorts in women, and hard work and thrift in everyone, was crucial as well.
Image number: GPN444 |
| Mary Nye Shop, 1880s |
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nha.library
Interior, Mary Nye shop on "Petticoat Row" showing three women sitting in shop with souvenirs, andirons, china, etc. Photo by Henry S. Wyer, c. 1880s.
In the early and middle years of the 19th century, the preponderance of women merchants, selling everything from daily necessities to exotic goods, gave Centre Street the nickname "Petticoat Row." Generally, in the 19th century, women's roles became increasingly confined to the home as the shortage of male labor was overcome. But on Nantucket, whaling husbands were away for long stretches— as long as five years—and the dangers of whaling often left women widows. The Quaker influence, which valued competence of all sorts in women, and hard work and thrift in everyone, was crucial as well.
Image number: P3425 |
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