College of Agriculture and Home Economics - 0403 - Home Economics
Photographer
Wooton, E. O. (Elmer Ottis), 1865-1945
Date
circa 1900
Decade
1900s
Description and notes
Two women at sewing machines, three other women sitting in chairs.
Historical context
Sewing. Instruction in plain sewing, mending, darning, and the making of plain garments. Required of all Senior Preparatory women, first and second terms, 4 hours practice." Cited from the Catalogue of Students for 1902-1903, and Announcements for 1903-1904 http://contentdm.nmsu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/catalogs/id/12348/rec/2
Subject (LCSH)
College students
Sewing
Home economics
Subject (local)
New Mexico State University. Gerald Thomas Hall
New Mexico State University. College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Provenance
From anonymous collection of negatives, attributed to Elmer O. Wooten, Professor of Botany (1891-1911)
Digital publisher
New Mexico State University Library
Access rights
Public record. No restrictions on use. See New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, Chapter 14, Article 2, 8th Edition, 2015
Source
NMSU Library Archives and Special Collections Department