Thank goodness someone donated it rather than throw it out. Makes you wonder how much is lost because someone has no idea of the history behind it.
-----Original Message----- >From: Katy Bishop <[email protected]> >Sent: Mar 14, 2009 8:54 AM >To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [h-cost] period scrapbooks (was Patterns date question) > >Wow, what a marvelous find! Great pictures. I have four scrapbooks >of stage actors and actresses someone compoled from about 1890-1905. >I've been wanting to scan them, they are great resources for dress as >actually worn. Lots of ladies dresses in evening dress, dressed to >the nines, great to see what accessories and jewelry would have been >worn. > >Katy > >On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Wendi Dunlap ><[email protected]> wrote: >> On 3/13/09 1:29 PM, Elena House wrote: >>> >>> To get the imagery down, you might have fun at: >>> http://www.silentladies.com/Ladies.html >>> It's not terribly easy to find people there by date, but there were >>> plenty of stars (such as Mary Pickford, Lillian& Dorothy Gish, >>> Blanche Sweet, Florence Lawrence, Mabel Normand, Alice Joyce, Clara >>> Kimball Young, Pearl White, and more) who are on here that were >>> already famous 1914-18. By the way, Lucile (Lady Duff Gordon) was a >>> very popular film costume designer at the time. >> >> Delurking... >> >> You might also enjoy the photo collection I've posted at >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/litlnemo/sets/72157615210203836/ . >> >> It's all from a scrapbook I found at Goodwill a couple of months ago. The >> scrapbook appears to have been compiled around 1916, and it's full of photos >> of movie stars of the time (and also a few dancers and stage actors). There >> are some amazing clothes in there. I put some of the images online, but >> there are *hundreds* of them in the scrapbook. The scrapbook-keeper >> collected an outrageous amount of clippings, glued some into the book, and >> then just stuffed the rest in. It's quite amazing. (I think it's probably >> the best thing I've ever found at Goodwill -- and it was only $12.99! Now I >> just have to figure out the best way to preserve it.) >> >> There are some great WWI-era details in the photos. I seriously want to make >> clothing from that period now. >> >> W >> >> -- >> *-----------------------+---------------------------------------+------* >> \ Wendi Dunlap-Simpson | litlnemo at slumberland.seattle.wa.us | dear/ >> / Seattle, Wash., USA | http://www.slumberland.seattle.wa.us | 23 \ >> *--"Somehow everything will be a little different than you thought"----* >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > > > >-- >Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian >[email protected] www.VintageVictorian.com > Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. > Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
