Opening of The Spring Fashions

Title: Opening of The Spring Fashions
Subject: New York (State)--History--1775-1865; Women--New York (State); Shopping--New York (State)--New York--Guidebooks
Description: This still image portrays women and men attending the opening of a fabric store. Many of the consumers are women who helped propel and popularize consumer culture throughout New York City for women of all class statuses.
Creator: Creator Unknown
Date: 1859
Source: Unknown Artist, “Opening of Spring Fashions” circa 1859. Originally available at The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. URL: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-05c6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Rights: Public Domain via New York Public Library
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Language: English
Coverage: Expansion and Reform (1801–1861)

Crisis of the Union: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850–1877)