<p>UNCW Graduate Student (and Object Project veteran) Melissa Howdershelt takes us back to the early days of America's most lovable Mouse. Join us to find out how a modest sewing pattern for a Mickey Mouse doll embodied hope and joy--and keen business sense--during the Great Depression.</p>

UNCW Graduate Student (and Object Project veteran) Melissa Howdershelt takes us back to the early days of America's most lovable Mouse. Join us to find out how a modest sewing pattern for a Mickey Mouse doll embodied hope and joy--and keen business sense--during the Great Depression.

The Great Depression: Mickey Mouse Sewing Pattern

The stuff of history is all around us—it’s in what we eat and wear, where we live and play, and how we work and travel. 
The Object Project is a podcast about material culture and history, produced by history students of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, NC, and Dr. Jennifer Le Zotte, assistant professor of US history and material culture.

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The stuff of history is all around us—it’s in what we eat and wear, where we live and play, and how we work and travel. The Object Project is a podcast about material culture and history, produced by history students of the University of North Carolina Wilmington, in Wilmington, NC, and Dr. Jennifer Le Zotte, assistant professor of US history and material culture.

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