Use print periodicals to find images of your piece of dress, or similar pieces of dress.
Time Magazine
Library owns 1936 - present
Old issues on microfilm
Issues before 1970 in storage. Please ask for these issues at the reference desk.
Life Magazine
Library owns 1936 - 1972 & 1978 - 1999
Old issues on microfilm. Issues before 1970 in storage. Please ask for these issues at the reference desk.
Newsweek
Library owns 1934 - present
Issues before 1970 in storage. Please ask for these issues at the reference desk.
New York Times
Library owns 1855-67, 1948 -
Old issues on microfilm next to the newspapers. Index available in the Indexes section of the Reference collection. As you stand by the computers looking the reference books, the Indexes section is on the righthhand wall. Index is also available on microfilm.
Chicago Tribune
Library owns select issues 1963 - present
Old issues on microfilm next to the newspapers. Index available in the Indexes section of the Reference collection. As you stand by the computers looking the reference books, the Indexes section is on the righthhand wall.
Harper's Weekly
Access online. 1857-1912. Instructions for searching and browsing are provided.
See the Books tab in this guide for recommended books.
If you see "ill" in the "Physical Description" line of the record for any book, you know it has images. See the example below.
Many of the resources in the other tabs on this guide contain images. Here are some additional online museum collections and other sites.