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Nell Donnelly Reed (Mrs. James A.)
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Description
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Information about Nelly Don, the brand name of the Donnelly Garment Company, started by Nell Donnelly Reed in Kansas City.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Kansas City's First Fashion Show a Success
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Description
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Article reviews the fashion show exhibited by ten Kansas City houses with a total of 120 garments displayed by 18 live models at the Jack O' Lantern hall at Westport and Main Streets attended by 600 persons. It lists the ten participating houses, as well as millinery houses who also held fashion shows in the week.
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Date
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1925-08-18
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Nelly Don Affair
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Description
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Photos and article highlight a new documentary film and book about the life of Nell Donnelly Reed and the garment factory she established in the early 1900s. Terence O'Malley, a Kansas City lawyer and a great-great nephew of Nell Donnelly Reed, produced the film called ''Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time'' and companion book. Reed died in 1991 at the age of 102.
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Date
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2006-05-07
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Donnelly Garment Company Christmas Party
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Description
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Group portrait of uniformed employees holding gifts, Nell Donnelly Reed, and a person dressed as Santa Claus at a company Christmas party on the floor of a dressmaking plant.
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Date
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1936-12-24
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Men and Women in Wedding Costume
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Description
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Group portrait of men and women in wedding attire at company Valentine's Day party, February 8, 1929.
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Date
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1929-02-08
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Donnelly Garment Company
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Description
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Interior view of pageant during company children's Christmas party held at the Pla-Mor Ballroom.
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Date
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1939-12
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Annual Picnic - Donnelly Garment Company - Winnwood Beach
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Description
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Panoramic group portrait of employees of the Donnelly Garment Company and their friends and family members taken at Winnwood Beach. Several employees in attendance are wearing Nelly Don hats.
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Date
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1930-07-19
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Donnelly Garment Company Workers in Factory
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Description
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Group portrait of uniformed Donnelly Garment Company employees in factory location. Santa Claus figure stands on far left.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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