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Wool traveling suit ca. 1906, made by Julia Tomasek and worn by Greta Spinning Evans.
Linen dress by the Misses Leonard, St. Paul dressmakers, 1900–1902.
Teacher and students in a class for seamstresses, Dawson, Minnesota, ca. 1900.
Seamstresses ca. 1900
Silk and lace bodice made by dressmaker Katherine Kiernan, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1897–1899.
Chiffon and satin wedding gown attributed to Mrs. George F. Hall, 1893‒1897.
Evening dress bodice, 1890–1899. Attributed to Mary Molloy.
Interior view of Mary Molloy's dressmaking shop, 15 Forepaugh Block, St. Paul. Photograph by Edward Straus, ca. 1890.
Dressmakers (Ida Larkey, Etta Annis Teachout, and Orena Elnora Teachout) in Owatonna. Photograph by Fred Mueller, ca. 1890
Mary O’Keefe Molloy, ca. 1885.