Select digitized items from the digital exhibition, Redefining Nude.
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3 items
Nylon Wear Test Underwear
- 1938
A pair of off-white underwear made of Nylon with elastic in the waist and around each leg hole.
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2 items
Bellen's More than Peach Working Document and Crayon Prototypes
- 2019
Bellen Woodard’s collection of thirteen crayon samples and working document from the process of naming colors for More Than Peach™ crayons.
In 2019, Bellen Woodard (2010-) founded Bellen’s More Than Peach™ Project.…
- Creator Of Work Bellen's More than Peach
- Subject Coloring for children, Commercial products, Crayons, Human skin color, Woodard, Bellen
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2 items
Sugar & Spice Pantyhose
- 1970s
A pair of "Jet Brown" colored "Queen Size" pantyhose, or stockings, in original packaging made by the brand Sugar & Spice. "Queen Size" corresponds with size 2X. An image on the packaging depicts a woman dressed in…
- Manufacturer Sugar & Spice
- Subject Nylon, Hosiery, Hosiery industry, Clothing Trade, Textile fibers, Synthetic
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Ballet Pointe Shoes
- Circa 2018
A pair of customized ballet pointe shoes worn and donated by Chanel Holland (1990 – ), founder and artistic director of Philadelphia’s Chocolate Ballerina Company. In 2016, Holland wore these shoes when she launched her…
- Manufacturer Bloch
- Subject Chocolate Ballerina Company, Ballet, Ballet slippers, Human skin color, African American ballerinas, Ballerinas, Ballet dancing
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10 items
Half Chest Binders
- 2015
Five chest binding garments produced by the gc2b Company. This garment comes in five "nude" tones ranging from dark to light tan shades. A chest binder is anything used to bind and flatten the chest.
According to gc2b,…
- Creator Of Work gc2b
- Subject Gender expression, Sex (Psychology), Gender identity, Gender nonconformity, Commercial products, Nylon, Transgender people, Human skin color
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6 items
Chacott's Nude Perky Tights and All Through Stockings
- 2021
Three pairs of Nude Perky brand ballet dance tights in original packaging. The tights are in sizes Tall-Large, Medium, and Large and are in the colors Brown, Nut Brown, and Camel respectively.
Chacott is a Japanese…
- Creator Of Work Chacott Co., Ltd.
- Subject Commercial Products, Packaging, Nylon, Dyes and dyeing--Nylon, Hosiery, Hosiery industry, Chacott Co., Ltd., Clothing and dress, Ballet, Human skin color, Freed of London (Firm)
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3 items
Bellen's More than Peach Multicultural Crayons
- 2021
Box of 12 More than Peach™ brand crayons in the variety "Multicultural."
In 2019, Bellen Woodard (2010-) founded Bellen’s More Than Peach™ Project. She developed the project in response to her school peers referring…
- Creator Of Work Bellen's More than Peach
- Subject Crayons, Human skin color, Coloring for children, Commercial products, Social service, Woodard, Bellen
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2 items
SkinTones™ Color Swatch Kit
- 2021
A set of twelve triangular silicone swatches strung together on a metal chain. The silicone swatches are a variety of flesh tones, ranging from dark brown to light pink, representative of the shades available for…
- Creator Of Work A Step Ahead Prosthetics
- Subject Prosthesis, Human skin color, Health, Schaffer, Erik B., Extremities (Anatomy), Medical care, Prosthodontics, Artificial limbs, Skin, Silicone rubber
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3 items
Cheekbone Beauty SUSTAIN Face Palette
- 2021
A black face powder palette manufactured by the Cheekbone Beauty company. Three powders are included in the palette, a matte contour, bronzer, and highlighter, each in the tone "Deep Warm" with the words "DO GOOD.,"…
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Valmor Sweet Georgia Brown Liquid Face Powder
- 1934
An orange, black, and gold rectangular Sweet Georgia Brown brand product label from the Valmor Products Company featuring an image of a woman's head wearing a pearl necklace. The top and bottom portions of the label are…
- Creator Of Work Valmor Products Co.
- Artist Dawson, Charles C., 1889-1981, Jackson, Jay
- Subject Valmor Products Co., Cosmetics, Cosmetics industry, Beauty, Personal, Powder boxes (Cosmetics containers), Face--Care and hygiene, Neumann, Morton G., African Americans--Health and hygiene, Commercial products
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3 items
Overton's High Brown La Petite Face Powder
- 1930s
A box containing Overton's High Brown brand face powder. The back of the packaging indicates the product is "Olive-Tone." The top of the box features an image of a woman's upper body with a small pink flower on her…
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3 items
Browndages Bandages
- 2021
Cardboard box of Browndages brand adhesive bandages. The family-owned company, Browndages, was founded in 2018 in Columbus, Ohio by the husband and wife team, Rashid Bashir and Intisar Madhi. The box contains twenty…
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3 items
Lablache Face Powder
- 1910s
An empty circular white cardboard box with gold rims that held a face powder. The paper label is decorated with a winged cherub holding aloft a Lablache Face Powder banner with the words "a harmless toilet powder"…
- Manufacturer Ben Levy Co.
- Subject Cosmetics, Cosmetics industry, Powder boxes (Cosmetics containers), Powders, Packaging