Proprietor Elsa Mantilla (in dotted dress) with seamstresses Aurora Goicoechea (in long-sleeved blouse) and Milagros "Millie" Cueto; blue gown is being worked on in the background.
Summary
Forms part of a group of images documenting scenes at the dress shop on the second floor of Elsa's Wholesale & Retail on 21st Avenue, Paterson.
Tags
work processes
dressmaking
ethnographic photographs
dominican americans
21st avenue paterson n j
elsa wholesale and retail paterson nj
ethnography
paterson nj
proprietor
elsa
mantilla
proprietor elsa mantilla
dress
seamstresses
aurora
goicoechea
seamstresses aurora goicoechea
blouse
milagros
millie
cueto
gown
background
high resolution
new jersey
working in paterson project collection
working in paterson occupational heritage in an urban setting
american folklife center
thomas d carroll
martha cooper
milagros millie cueto
aurora goicoechea
elsa mantilla
ultra high resolution
library of congress
Date
01/01/1994
Contributors
Carroll, Thomas D. (Collaborator)
Mantilla, Elsa (Depicted)
Cueto, Milagros "Millie" (Depicted)
Goicoechea, Aurora (Depicted)
Cooper, Martha (Photographer)
Location
Paterson (N.J.)
,
40.91667, -74.17194
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain