Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of costumes of ladies' dress, 1870-1875. The image is a composite consisting of two smaller images, each with one woman shown. Two very serious models are pictured wearing hoop-skirted gowns of the post-Civil War period. The woman at left is wearing a ribboned bonnet, while the other has an elaborate hat to match the patterned silk of her gown. A long cape falls from the shoulders of the first, while a shawl lies nearby the second. The woman in the image at left holds a chair with her right hand, while the woman at right holds onto a covered table. The solid, dark-colored dress of the first woman is heavily contrasted with the patterned dress of the second woman.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 16 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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