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Title
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Donnelly Garment Company Christmas Party
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Description
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Interior view of Christmas party given by employees in honor of Nell Donnelly Reed's son, David, at a location identified as "Community Church."
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Date
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1932-12-23
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Nell Donnelly Reed and Employees
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Description
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Group portrait of Nell Donnelly Reed and Donnelly Garment Company employees at unidentified location.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Woman Seated at Desk
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Description
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Informal portrait of woman at desk, identified by writing on photo as Mrs. Reeves.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Three Seated Women
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Description
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Portrait of three unidentified women seated at unknown location.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Portrait of Two Women
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Description
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Informal protrait of two unidentified women.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nell Donnelly Reed and Employees
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Description
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Group portrait of Nell Donnelly Reed and Donnelly Garment Company employees seated at table.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Women Seated at Table
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Description
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Group of Donnelly Garment Company employees dining at table.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Whoa, Nelly
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Description
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Brief item describing a documentary entitled Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time, created by Terence O'Malley, nephew of Nell Donnelly Reed. O'Malley published a companion biography of Reed in 2006, as well.
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Date
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2006-05-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Enterprising Women
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Description
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Chapter in the book which highlights both Ida Rosenthal, founder of Maindenform, Inc., and Kansas City's Nell Donnelly Reed and her Nelly Don dresses.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Interview with Ann Brownfield
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Description
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Interview with Ann Brownfield about her experience as a designer Kansas City and other Midwestern cities. She recalls her start designing shoes in St. Louis, later teaching pattern-making in Grand Island, Nebraska, and working in sportswear, coat, and suit design at Brand and Puritz after moving to Kansas City in 1960. She describes opening her own factory in Kansas City, Kansas, designing and sewing small collections for a variety of clients, including making warm-up suits for the 1972 US Olympic ski team; and her later closure due to the decline of skilled sewing machine operators. She also discusses the decline of the local industry, manufacturing moving overseas, and later working in retail, giving tours of the old garment district, and beginning to collect clothing and other items from local manufacturers.
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Date
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2005-11-14
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Object Type
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Video Recording
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