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This post-card photograph features four women in a field wearing shirtwaists and dark skirts. Shirtwaists were new in the 1890s, and women wore them for many occasions, including sport activities. Many American factories manufactured shirtwaists for…

Mabel donated this photograph to the university in 1959, along with one of her husband as a boy (URI 1959.11.06). She also gave the dress we see her wearing here, although the lace and rosette around the yoke had been removed. The seated posture and…

This portrait of Lena Webster (b. 1883) was taken by W.B. Davidson, a popular photographer in Narragansett, Rhode Island. In this photograph, Lena demonstrates popular fashions of the Edwardian era. Her stand-up collar and the yoke of her bodice are…

This photograph is of Fred S. Crosby (1890 - 1901) wearing a suit inspired by the publication of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy, published in 1885/6. The dark wool suit includes a short jacket cut to show off the eyelet collar…

This girl, named Elsie Beers, was photographed by C. A. Blackman in Danbury, Connecticut where she lived. Elsie was listed as attending a Normal School in Providence, Rhode Island, in summer, 1909. Normal schools educated high school students to…

During the Victorian Era, fashions for young girls mimicked the fashion available for adult women. However, there were exceptions to this rule. Until the age of 16 or 17, girls wore short skirts that fell around the mid-calf to ankle length.…

This young lady, in her plaid dress with striped stockings, high-button shoes, and eyelet collar and cuffs, is fashionably dressed for the 1870s. Her dress, probably made from wool or silk fabric, has an inset waistband decorated with a bow at the…

This photograph of a young boy was taken at the studio of F. Forshew of Hudson, New York. The boy is dressed in a sack suit with long trousers, an outfit suitable for an older boy. His accessories include a black bowtie and a pilot hat, which is…

The young boy seated on a pillow in this photograph is dressed in a tunic that buttons down his right side, with the Eton-style collar and cuffs of his shirt showing from beneath the garment. The wide leather belt combined with this side closure…

This portrait shows a little boy dressed in a sailor suit, clothing very fitting for New London, CT, in which Giles Bishop had a photography studio for many years. The town's connection to the sea, combined with the Industrial Revolution and…