Have you tried school group photos? I know most are front facing, posed shots, but you could extrapolate the backs from knowing what the front looked like. A girls school might have photos dating back that far. Sharon C. -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Elena House Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 12:38 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] searching for 1887 misses' fashion illustrations
Okay, I have an overly specific search challenge/request for the list! I'm looking for illustrations (of any sort, as long as they're primary or really really accurate secondary sources) of what upper middle class girls of 9, 15, and 19 years old would wear in the summer of 1887 as they're boarding a train for a ride across the US. To be even MORE specific (and this and the train aspect are where I've had trouble with my own searches so far) I'm looking for rear, side, and 3/4 rear views. The 1880s is decidedly not my period--can anyone help me? (This is for a book cover illustration, and okay, period accuracy isn't strictly speaking a requirement, because maybe .05% of readers would catch any mistakes, but darn it, _I'd_ know! You know?) -E House _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
