A 1910 advertisement for shirtwaists, a relatively simple and functional ready-to-wear garment that was inexpensive to manufacture. At the time, over a third of the nation’s ready-to-wear clothing was produced by New York City’s garment industry.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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