Everson Hall, Clothing Construction Laboratory, Home Economics Building. The Clothing Construction Laboratory in the new Home Economics Building on the Davis campus of the University of California. Large cork top tables with folding ends are for cutting and working on clothing. Storage and lap work tables, also with cork tops, slide under the larger work tables. Four-unit ironing board is designed to conserve space. L-shaped sewing machine cabinets are designed for most efficient work space, and are equipped with a vertical pull-up rod to hold garments. Nearly all makes of sewing machines, both domestic and foreign, are available to students in this laboratory so they may learn the features of each.

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Title:

Everson Hall, Clothing Construction Laboratory, Home Economics Building. The Clothing Construction Laboratory in the new Home Economics Building on the Davis campus of the University of California. Large cork top tables with folding ends are for cutting and working on clothing. Storage and lap work tables, also with cork tops, slide under the larger work tables. Four-unit ironing board is designed to conserve space. L-shaped sewing machine cabinets are designed for most efficient work space, and are equipped with a vertical pull-up rod to hold garments. Nearly all makes of sewing machines, both domestic and foreign, are available to students in this laboratory so they may learn the features of each.

Date:

circa 1952

Contributing Institution:

UC Davis, University Archives