I found this interesting photo in the New York Public Library archives. I don’t think we really have milliners (hat makers) anymore, though it would be great if we did. A hat looks very nice on most people.

A couple of interesting points about this picture: This photo is from 1917 but the class is racially integrated. Also, you see from the caption beneath it, the class was from Spellmans Seminary. I thought it might be Spelman College, which is a historically black college, but I didn’t know they had a seminary. It’s also possible it refers to another institution because the spelling is different.