and twenties 1910 Pratt departments are organized into schools. / 1 9 1 1 The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City results in the deaths of 146 garment workers. / 1912 The New York Times runs a feature story celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Institute. / 1 9 1 3 The Armory Show opens, giving Americans their first look at Cubism, Fauvism, Futurism, and Dada. / 1914 –19 1 8 World War I / 1 9 2 3 Frederic B. Pratt becomes president of the board of trustees and assumes leadership of the Institute. / 1 9 2 9 The U.S. Stock Market crashes.
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A nne C arroll M oore An 1896 graduate of the Library School, Anne Carroll Moore was offered the position of children’s librarian at Pratt Library for the newly created children’s reading room. Moore was given the freedom to design original programming for the library, including storytelling and poetry readings, and introduced borrowing privileges for its young visitors. Eventually, Moore became head children’s librarian for the New York Public Library. In 1955, she received her honorary Doctor of Letters from Pratt.
Navy enrollees in Pratt’s Science and Technology program. The U.S. Navy turned to Pratt-trained electricians for help in operating its submarines and warships.
A Pratt men’s basketball game was held in celebration of the opening of the new gymnasium. Athletics became increasingly popular on campus, with men’s and women’s teams ranging from gymnastics and swimming to baseball and tennis.
Romantic yet modern, this softly ruffled party dress with its relaxed waistline freed the 1 2 5 a of nn i v corsetry. e r s a rDesigned y p r abyt atstudent f o l i in o 1923, the dress wearer from the restrictions tight was shown in Pratt’s first Budget Fashion Show at Wanamaker’s in 1924.
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