| Author & Curator |
Barbara A. Schreier. |
| Imprint |
Chicago, Ill., USA, 1994. 154 pp., illustrations: 8 col., 157 b&w, 25.5 × 21.5 cm. English. |
| ISBN |
0913820199 |
| Location |
Chicago Historical Society (6 March 1994–25 August 1996) |
| Description |
The role played by clothing, hairstyle and head coverings in the Americanization of European Jewish women who immigrated to the United States during the late-19th–early 20th C. Introduction and four in-depth essays: “The Old Country”, “They Don’t Wear Wigs Here”, “Greening Out” and “Mothers and Daughters”. No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
COSTUMEHEAD COVERINGS, WOMEN’SPHOTOGRAPHSPORTRAITSUNITED STATESWOMENWOMEN IN JUDAISM |
| minor keywords |
Candlesticks/CandelabraEastern EuropeHand-washing vesselsHistorical photographsKiddush cupsMatzah covers/bagsShana Tova greeting cardsSynaogues, PolandPaintings |
| Other venues |
Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City, USA (15 March–16 July 1995); National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, Pa., USA (10 September–31 December 1995); Skirball Cultural Center and Museum, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (28 April–25 August 1996) |