
Illustration
Item
Title
Illustration
Description
Black and white illustration on wax paper in black ink with tape letters; letters are yellowing due to age and many have fallen off; three women are pictured, two on left standing, one on right bent over toward left with a hand over her cheek as if she is relaying information; woman on far left wears an open suit jacket with three large buttons and a notched lapel; jacket has a print of various lines in small square sections and matching pair of straight-legged pants with cuffs; woman in middle wears an above-the-knee shift dress with scattered floral and artistic line print and a low-waisted black belt; she holds cash in one hand; woman on the far right wears a mid-thigh length black sheath dress and black buckled belt; her dress has a notched lapel featuring florals and white cuffs with large buttons at end of long sleeves; below her, text reads “For Sure Bets”; text at the top of the illustration reads “—ast Call”, and below the women it reads “Suit yourself in a pantsuit- all reduced to $20 valued to $65. All sweaters now $10 or less- valued to $38. All blouses now $10- valued to $23. All long and short dresses now $12 to $30 valued to $50. –T—T—T— Madison, Wisconsin. Open daily at 11 a.m. Mon. & --hurs. Evenings till 9:00.”; vertical text along right side is indecipherable; signed “E. Dudley”; all “—” marks indicate where sticker letter has fallen off; measures 14.25 inches wide by 16.5 inches tall.
Creator
Dudley, Ellen
Date
1970-1990
Source
Donor: Terry Straavaldsen
Is Part Of
Ellen Dudley Exhibit
Identifier
https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/8954620cb958839b9e27a21bec2d2089.jpg
Object ID #2024.04.07
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
Subject
Fashion drawing
Advertisements
Type
Still Image
Format
Still Shot
Citation
Dudley, Ellen, “Illustration,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed March 18, 2025, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/4284.