Downton Comes Downtown: What the Fashionable Wore in Onondaga County from 1900 to 1930 Onondaga Historical Association
Price: Free Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
Resembling the clothing styles portrayed in the critically acclaimed PBS series, Downton Abbey, "Downton Comes Downtown" features men's, women's, and children's clothing worn by citizens of Onondaga County from 1900 to 1930. Highlights include a maroon evening coat with a mink collar worn by Mrs. Elizabeth Barnes Hiscock to a State Dinner during the presidential administration of Herbert Hoover (1929-1933); a boy's brown wool suit with a vest and knickers purchased from the Peck-Vinney Company, a clothier located on South Salina Street, worn by young Milton Jones in the 1920s; and a black kimono with Japanese images worn by Mrs. Laura Crouse Durston aboard the Graf Zeppelin in 1930. The exhibit is augmented by fashion accessories such as hats, shoes, and purses as well as period furniture from OHA's collection.
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