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The Great Everywoman Outfit Contest of 1915 “A century ago, a cadre of women demanded to be freed from the tyranny of fashion. Their innovative ideas and radical demands—pockets!—took the country by storm.”
Produced by the master entertainer P. T. Barnum, a melodrama about the dangers of alcohol was the first show to run for a hundred performances in New York City.
Spotlight: Cabell County Public Library, West Virginia
by Valerie Beaudrault
Cabell County, in southwestern West Virginia, is seated in the city of Huntington. Online resources from the Cabell County Public Library include a birth index (2003–2011), a marriage index (2003–2009), and an obituary index (1895–1990 and 2000–2011), all compiled from local newspapers. The library's Image Collections also include a set of digitized Huntington High School yearbooks (1911–1931). Search Now
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