Valerie,

May I suggest contacting ALHFAM, the Association for Living History, Farm
and Agricultural Museums http://www.alhfam.org/. Of particular note is Susan
L. Cain, who sits on their Board of Directors. Ms. (Dr?) Cain served as an
advisor for Frontier House, the PBS documentary on life in the 1880s in
Montana (three families from current times were put on the Plains to see if
they'd make it).

Cheers!

-Steve Eichner
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  Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:25 PM
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  Subject: Help re: reproduction clothing


  Hello listers,

  We are a small historic preservation society in western Montana. As a
major fundraiser for us, we enlisted the help of a well-known and
well-respected local artist (Monte Dolack) to create a "Garnet Ghost Town"
poster for us. He is doing it as charitable work, working at a minimum
commission and giving us all selling rights.

  Anyhow, he would like to put some figures in the work and needs to do a
character study. To do this, he needs two volunteer models to pose in
historic period clothing so he can take pictures and use them for his
sketches. He already has the girl model in mind, so at least one of the
models isn't flexible. For instance, we have a "Gunslingers" group out here
that has worked with us on events. They are willing to model their own
clothing but not to lend it out, understandably.

  My question is: does anyone have any suggestions on how I could get ahold
of some reproduction clothing (turn of the century) that we could hopefully
just borrow for a day? I've tried contacting the local university drama
department but I haven't heard back from them yet. We would really not
rather buy a whole outfit or have to pay someone to sew a whole outfit for
one day's use.

  Any suggestions? I am pretty stumped. Thanks for your time!

  Valerie





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  Valerie Schafer
  Executive Director
  Garnet Preservation Association
  3255 Ft. Missoula Road
  Missoula, MT 59804
  http://www.garnetghosttown.org





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