Hooker-Howe Costume Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Hooker-Howe Costume Company
label: Donor
content: Renaud, Claire
topic: label: Topic
content: Costumes
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content: Minstrel shows
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content: Set design -- United States
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content: Set Designers
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content: Stage Props -- 1930-1940
label: Topic
content: Theater
label: Topic
content: Theater -- History -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Wigs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated to the Archives Center in 2019 by Claire Renaud.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hooker-Howe Costume Company
abstract: label: Summary
content: Archival material documenting Hooker-Howe Costume Company, located in Haverhill, Massachusetts and manufacturer of costumes, wigs, make-up, props and other items for minstrel shows and  amateur theater.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Hooker-Howe Costume Company, created in 1905, was located in the Bradford District of Haverhill, Massachusetts.  According to one of its catalogues the company was headed by Mr. C. E. Hooker.  It consisted of a reception room; a show room; the main office; several wardore departments; alteration, cleansing, and pressing room; and the shipping department. Hooker-Howe manufactured costumes in addition to other items such as sets. Its merchandise was shipped all across the counrty. The company operated until about 1940.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1922-1938, undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1475
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Advertisements
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content: Black-and-white photographs
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content: Catalogs
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content: Trade catalogs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged in one series.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Archival material documenting the Hooker-Howe Costume Company which was located in Haverhill, Massachusetts.  It provided costumes, wigs, make-up, props, and other items for minstrel shows and amateur theater.  The collection includes advertisements, catalogs, trade literature, photographs of actors in costume, and placards intended for advertising current or upcoming shows.
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