The two books are good ones, I have them both.
1887 I suspect even the 15 year old and the 19 year old would wear a
small "Traveling bustle". I have a brown "Traveling suit" from the 1880's
made of a rust brown very heavy faille taffeta, relatively simple in
terms of embellishment with matching
I know I have a number of group photos from the 1880s, but they are
obviously dressed for the photos.
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486265331.html I think may be one of
the books, the other was a huge tome, green cover, just trying to remember
the name.
Hrm, thank you both--I'll check those ideas, but I suspect that school
photos won't show traveling clothing. Also, since the late 1880s is Not My
Period, I probably _won't_ be able to properly extrapolate what the back
would look like! :) The group setting doesn't really matter, but I'll
still
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
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Okay, I have an overly specific search challenge/request for the list! I'm
looking for illustrations (of any sort
