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Nell Donnelly Reed (Mrs. James A.)
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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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Vertical File
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A New Day
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"The 41st Symphony Designers' Showhouse Takes Aim at The National Spotlight." Two-page spread explains a new emphasis for the Designers' Showhouse. Karen Mills, a radio show host, interior designer and the co-chair for the Designers' Showhouse this year, envisions Kansas City becoming a design mecca. The 41st showhouse at 5833 Ward Parkway once belonged to dressmaker Nelly Don. The showhouse will also welcome children this year. Previously children were not admitted.
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Magazine Article
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The Nelly Don Affair
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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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2006-05-07
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Newspaper Article
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''A Stitch in Time'' Premieres Friday
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The story of dress manufacturer Nell Donnelly Reed is captured in a new book and documentary film produced by her great great nephew Terence Michael O'Malley. The film is entitled "Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time" and premiered May 12, 2006, at the Screenland Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. "Her factories are now trendy lofts (the Western Auto building) and offices (Corrigan Building) but once produced 5,000 dresses a day. The 12th of the 13 Quinlan children born to Irish immigrants in Parsons, Kan., Nell made her first million dollars by the age of 26."
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2006-05-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Outdoor Portrait of Women
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Outdoor group portrait of men and women at an unidentified park shelter. A woman holds a sign that reads "Wilson and Co. Plant Girls Picnic, 1920."
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Date
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1920
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Photograph
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Donnelly Garment Company Christmas Party
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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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1936-12-24
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Photograph
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Men and Women in Wedding Costume
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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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1929-02-08
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Photograph
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Donnelly Garment Company Workers in Factory
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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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1930~
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Photograph
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