New Trier through the Decades - New Trier Township High School
New Trier through the Decades - New Trier Township High School
New Trier through the Decades - New Trier Township High School
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Shirtwaists<br />
In <strong>New</strong> <strong>Trier</strong>’s first two decades,<br />
female students and teachers<br />
often wore shirtwaists, highnecked,<br />
long-sleeved blouses, a<br />
uniquely American fashion item.<br />
The Sears Catalog offered 150<br />
variations of shirtwaists by 1905.<br />
Shirtwaist production became a<br />
$60 million dollar industry in <strong>New</strong><br />
York alone by 1910. In 1911 <strong>the</strong><br />
tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory<br />
fire in <strong>New</strong> York led to improved<br />
safety conditions for factory<br />
workers. (American <strong>Decades</strong>, 1900-1909)
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