Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 at 2pm

The Los Angeles Archivists Collective is pleased to announce a tour of the Western Costume Company Research Library and Archive on Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 at 2:00 PM. Only 20 spots available!

Photo: Courtesy of the Western Costume Company Research Library and Archive.

The library currently houses over 30,000 books, catalogs, and periodicals that have been collected over the past century. Holdings include clothing, uniform, and tactical catalogs; books on film, sewing, fashion, military, and photography; fashion, culture, military, and travel magazines; military and police uniform regulations; swatch books dating as far back to the turn-of-the-century; and several dozen filing cabinets with newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and notes on countless types of uniforms and dress. In addition to the research library, Western Costume houses a costume archive.

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