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American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs by Priscilla Harris Dalrymple
Over 280 rare photographs document the clothing of ordinary men, women, and children from the 1840s through the 1890s, in what appears to be their Sunday best. Bustles, hoops, pantalets, shirtwaists, top hats, waistcoats, bowlers, other Victorian-era attire, as well as hairdressing and tonsorial styles. Introduction to fashions of each decade.
Table of Contents for American Victorian Costume in Early Photographs
| The 1840s | | The 1850s | | The 1860s | | The 1870s | | The 1880s | | The 1890s | | Notes on the Images |
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