Apron
National Museum of American History

Apron

ca 1940

cotton (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

Concepción “Concha” Sanchez wore this cotton apron with embroidered images of birds while making tortillas in her small neighborhood business. Her grandson, Adrian Sanchez, fondly recalls the machine and working with her to make tortillas and tamales:

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