Interview with Davida Singer Pessen
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Title
Interview with Davida Singer Pessen
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Content type
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| Description |
Description
Interview with Davida Singer Pessen about her life and experience working at Kansas City department stores and other clothing retailers. She discusses her start circa 1960 at Klein's and Rothschild's, continuing in retail through moves to Omaha and St. Louis, and returning to the work in Kansas City as a single mother. She recalls working in a various of department stores and boutiques at Metcalf South and The Landing, and moving in to work at multiple locations of the fine clothing store Woolf Brothers. She also discusses issues including price markup, demand differences from one outlet of a store to another, the decline and ultimate closure of the Woolf Brothers company, and her retirement in 2010.
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Creator Name
Creator: Dvorak, John A.
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Item Type
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Date(s)
2011-06-13
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Subject
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| Hierarchical Geographic Subject |
Hierarchical Geographic Subject
City Section
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Extent
0:57:33
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Digital Collection(s)
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Related Item
Garment Industry Oral History Collection (SC229)
URL
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Note(s)
The Historic Garment Industry oral history project was conducted by the Historic Garment District Museum in cooperation with the Kansas City Public Library.
Note Type
funding
This project was funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library.
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Shelf Locator
SC229, Series 2
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| Use and Reproduction |
Use and Reproduction
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