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an exploration and interpretation of the material found in the house at 514 Broadway

The STORIES

Immigration: Two Stories; The Tirocchis
The Family: Frank; Anna; Laura; Eugenia; Louis; Anna's Investments; Business Home
Providence: 1 | 2 | 3
Dressmaking: Custom Dressmaking; Ready-to-Wear
Fashion: Couture; Art; Magazines; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s
The Business: Butler Exchange; Move to 514 Broadway; The Middle Years; Last Days; Record-Keeping
The Clients: Valued Clients; Social Life & Wardrobe; Relationship to Anna; Changing Clientele
The Workers: Who They Were; What They Did; Their Pay

The EVIDENCE

Sources and Methods: Cataloguing; Personal Papers; Newspapers; Public Records; Libraries & Collections; Oral Histories
The People: Census Records; City Directories; Social Directories; Employee Records; Investment Records
The Business: Address Books; Shop Announcements; Bills; Day Books; Employee Address Book; Inventory; Ledgers; Letters; Payroll; Time Books; Travel Records; Vendor Account Books; Vendor Invoices; Vendor Letters; Vendor Promotions
Custom Dressmaking: Remaining Items; Measurements; Swatch Books; Tags

TIMELINE

IMAGE ARCHIVE

People & Places
Dressmaking
Providence
Papertrails

The value of money
Textile Conservation
Tirocchi Family Tree

online versions of essays from the catalog

Introduction: A. & L. Tirocchi - A Time Capsule Discovered: Susan Hay
Line, Color, Detail, Distinction, Individuality: A. & L. Tirocchi, Providence Dressmakers: Pamela A. Parmal
Clients and Craftswomen: The Pursuit of Elegance: Susan Porter Benson
Strategies for Success: The Tirocchis, Immigration, and the Italian American Experience: John Porter Briggs
American Fashion: The Tirocchi Sisters in Context: Madelyn Shaw
Paris to Providence: French Couture and the Tirocchi Shop: Susan Hay
Modernism in Fabric: Art and the Tirocchi Textiles: Susan Hay

online access to the curator's databases

Browse Records
Client List
Employee List
Tirocchi Family & Friends

CORRESPONDENCE

Browse Records
Senders
Addressees

TRANSACTIONS

Browse Records
Client Ledger List

MEASUREMENTS

Browse Records
Meaurement Client List

Browse Records
Browse by Photos

SEARCH OBJECTS

an online version of the exhibition at the RISD Museum

Introduction
to the exhibition

FASHION and ART

1910's
The Exotic
Peasant Art
Cubism
Art Deco
Classicism
Streamlining
Sportswear
Accessories

The DRESSMAKERS' SHOP

House
Family
Billiard Room
Clients
Sewing Room
Workers
Custom Dressmaking

a curriculum to accompany the resources of 514 Broadway & the Databases

The Curriculum Guide

Constructing history from primary sources Educational Standards The Curriculum Activity Beginning the Unit Exercise One:: Italian Immigration to Providence, RI
ExerciseTwo:: A Woman's Life During this Period
Exercise Three:: Changes in the garment industry

References

Bibliography
Standards for Historical Thinking
National Arts Standards