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Uncle Sam to standardize garment sizes

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Creator

Harris & Ewing, photographer

Date

1937

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

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Dr. Eleanor Hunt, associate anthropometrist, Bureau of Home Economics, is shown training one of the first classes on taking scientific measurements of the human body, 7/23/37

Identifier

LC-DIG-hec-23082

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Eleanor_Hunt_Measurement.jpg (image/jpeg)

Apron Strings and Kitchen Sinks

Uncle Sam to standardize garment sizes

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