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Children's clothing
Children's clothing for August 1870. Please note: I have digitally enhanced this image to make it easier to print.
Bathing Dresses and Caps
Two bathing dresses with caps from Peterson's Magazine. Please note: this image has been digitally enhanced to make it easier to print.
Pattern Draughting and Garment Cutting
"Pattern Draughting and Garment Cutting" from the 1882 edition of Gately's Universal Educator
Home Wrapper Pattern by Emily H. May
Pattern diagram, instructions and illustration for a Home Wrapper designed by Emily H. May from the 1865 Peterson's Magazine
Fashionable Mantle
Image, instructions and pattern diagram for a fashionable mantle of 1857.
Portrait of a Lady, circa 1874
Head and Shoulders portrait of a young woman, circa 1874. No photographers marks.
Portrait of a Gentleman
Portrait of unidentified gentleman, circa 1865, taken in Triest.
Portrait of Young Girl
Albumen print of young girl, unidentified, circa 1865.
The Incroyable
Fashion plate from the book, Fancy Dresses Described by Ardern Holt, 1887. This book gives advice on what to wear to fancy dress balls or masquerade balls and includes many illustrations.
The "Incroyable" was a costume to represent the French…
The "Incroyable" was a costume to represent the French…
Juliet
Fashion plate from the book, Fancy Dresses Described by Ardern Holt, 1887. This book gives advice on what to wear to fancy dress balls or masquerade balls and includes many illustrations.
Juliet, from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Juliet, from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.