#19th century photos

[frostedmagnolias]

The Evening Sun (Iphigenia)

1860

by Oscar Gustave Rejlander

[edwardian-girl-next-door]

Some belated photos from the "Fashioned by Sargent" exhibit at the MFA Boston. My pictures just don't do it justice! I'm not one for hyperbolics, but it literally took my breath away, even with the crowds of people everywhere.

evening dress by the House of Worth (c.1880); owned by Sarah Choate Sears, who Sargent painted in another dress in 1889

reflection of Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (1889); costume designed by Alice Comyns Carr and created by Ada Nettleship

evening dress with matching shoes by the House of Worth (c.1895)

Mrs. Charles E. Inches (Louise Pomeroy) (1887); dress made in 1887 and likely altered 1902. Louise was pregnant at the time of her portrait, and if you look very closely, you can see the dress skirt has adjustable panels to accommodate a changing body.

photos by me (@edwardian-girl-next-door)

[history-of-fashion]

1894-1901 Portrait of four young women (photo by C.M. Bell, Washington, D.C.)

(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)

[lionofchaeronea]

Photographic half-length portrait of a Native American (Dakota) man named Sun Flower, taken by a photographer for Heyn Photo in 1899. Now in the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

[vintage-sweden]

Cat, 1880s, Sweden.

[vintage-russia]

From anthropological album "The Russians" (1867)

[nemfrog]

Seen at Syracuse, N.Y. Reports on observations of the total solar eclipse of December 22, 1870. U.S. Naval Observatory. 1871.

Internet Archive

[thinkingofbluethunder]

Morning winter sun in a cottage in Sweden.

[daguerreotyping]

Daguerreotype of a tough guy missing an eye, half a pinky—and, perhaps, the subjects of the group portrait that he's holding up to show you, c. 1850s

[frostedmagnolias]

Unknown woman photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron

1868-1872

[resplendentoutfit]

Women's Suffrage Movement

The movement for women's suffrage took many decades to obtain voting rights. Women fought for their rights via smart political strategy. Dynamic leadership attracted several generations of women – mothers, daughters, and grandmothers formed national organizations and made alliances that brought women into the political sphere. The fight intensified during World War I due to women's work outside the home to help the war effort. Women now saw themselves as fully deserving of the same rights as men.

A trio of outfits at the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum shows the evolution from the last gasp of Edwardian bulk to the short, simple dress of the Twenties. Left, a two-piece dress of about 1907 (Daughters of the American Revolution Museum). Center, a houndstooth suit of about 1914 (loan courtesy Shippensburg University Fashion Archives and Museum). Right, black and white day dress, 1925 (Daughters of the American Revolution Museum).

Exhibition vignette with the “Bear the Banner Proudly They Have Borne Before” banner, circa 1913-1920. National Woman’s Party. Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, Washington, DC.

Purple, white, and gold were among the colors representing the movement. White dresses were worn by women as a representation of purity of thought and high-mindedness. Purple represented the vote and loyalty, constancy, and steadfastness. Gold stood for the torch that guides our way.

Ethel Wright (1866–1939) Christabel Pankhurst (British suffragette) • National Portrait Gallery, London

[history-of-fashion]

1891 Selika Lazevski, high school rider (photo by Atelier de Nadar)

(Médiathèque du Patrimoine et de la Photographie)

[intheblossomtree]

[ltwilliammowett]

Coastal scene with boats in choppy sea, by Alexandre Casati, mid 19th century

[vintage-russia]

Sacrificial feast in the Sudnozero/Venehjärvi village,Kemskiy uyezd of Arkhangelsk governorate (1894)

Photo by Konrad Inha (1865-1930)

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Stanisławów (now Ivano-Frankivsk), Ukraine at the end of the 1890s.