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Black & White Photograph of the Bourbonnais Room in the Vichy Historical Museum
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 88], Folder 15. Photographs and clippings of illustrations of Native American [see also folder 123.17]) (1937) (1939) , 2 page(s)
Date: 20.07.39 In a room, a woman in period costume stands next to unpowered, wooden machines. A caption reads, "An excellent example of French Regional Museums. The Bourbonnais room in the Vichy Historical Museum, showing the looms on which the famous Vichy Cloth was made, figures clothed in the local costumes, a...
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 88], Folder 15. Photographs and clippings of illustrations of Native American [see also folder 123.17]) (1937) (1939) , 2 page(s)
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Date: 20.07.39 In a room, a woman in period costume stands next to unpowered, wooden machines. A caption reads, "An excellent example of French Regional Museums. The Bourbonnais room in the Vichy Historical Museum, showing the looms on which the famous Vichy Cloth was made, figures clothed in the local costumes, ancient furniture, utensils, etc."
Date Written / Recorded
1937, 1939
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Photograph
Topic / Theme
Textile industry, Historical museums
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, Vassar College. Copyright © 2016 by Mary Catherine Bateson
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