Sentences with phrase «sunday finery»
Mining sites like eBay for 19th - and 20th - century photo portraits of everyday African Americans, Jefferson gives their forgotten sitters a shot at immortality by painting their formal portraits, emphasizing the importance of Sunday finery to people who toiled in the service industry six days a week during and after the days of slavery.
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Dressed in their Sunday finery, parkgoers would ride in their carriages and people - watch.
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She is dressed in all the finery she can manage and her children are scrubbed clean and clothed in their Sunday best.