1924 Class Day Dress

VC1991001

1924 Class Day Dress

Dress of sheer yellow and ivory cotton batiste with embroidered trim; cord tie neckline with tassels at ends; cap sleeves; band of fabric defining dropped waist; skirt gathered onto dropped waist; ivory embroidered trim on skirt (single strand embroidery);hem and turned sleeve edges are hand sewn. Worn at Class Day by Martha Stockwell Mumford '24.

1924

Clothing and dress

36 inches (waist), 43 inches (center front length),

Physical Object

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43

36 inches (waist), 43 inches (center front length),

Martha Stockwell Mumford

Jan 18, 1991, letter from Mary ???

1924

1924

costume

clothing

Vassar Girls and Other Women

The pale yellow tone of this dress strikes a strong contrast with the pure white necessary for the dresses worn on the day of Commencement itself. While Class Day, which usually took place the day before commencement and included activities surrounding the Class Tree, the passing of the spade, and the burial of the class records, may have started as a more formal event, the more casual nature of this dress may reflect the fact that by the 1920's Class Day had taken on a less formal, more celebratory tone. This tradition gradually became less and less formal, to the extent that it is no longer celebrated by Vassar's graduating seniors.

very good

Some light brown stains at neckline, underarms, and at CF of skirtA little fraying on inside of sleeve edgeSlight wrinkles throughoutFading at neck and sleeves

size 10 1970

D2

1/18/1991

22pale yellow cotton batiste Class Day dress of Martha Stockwell Mumford '241991.1Gift of Martha Stockwell Mumford '24,1991The pale yellow tone of this dress strikes a strong contrast with the pure white necessary for the dresses worn on the day of Commencement itself. While Class Day, which usually took place the day before commencement and included activities surrounding the Class Tree, the passing of the spade, and the burial of the class records, may have started as a more formal event, the more casual nature of this dress may reflect the fact that by the 1920's Class Day had taken on a less formal, more celebratory tone. This tradition gradually became less and less formal, to the extent that it is no longer celebrated by Vassar's graduating seniors.