1842 Modes de Paris
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Paulina de Graffenried (Mrs. James Belton Pickett) and Sallie Pickett (Mrs. Robert C. Cummings) by François Bernard, 1858
Fashion Plate - Le Moniteur del la Mode - 1894
Fashion Plate - Le Costume Moderne - 1893
Le Moniteur de la Mode - September 1874
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An elegant Biedermeier period flirtation between a gentleman with a moustache in top hat and chic brown jacket and checkered pants and a beautiful woman in a white and gold robe who feigns shyness by the balustrade.
Pair of red and white silk evening boots trimmed with gilt fringe
Collection: Emergence of Advertising in America. DCMI Type: Still Image. Format: B/W Drawing. Company: Cooper Opera Troupe. Genre: advertisements. Date: 1859. Subject: Entertainment.
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Julius Blüthner started making piano’s in Leipzig in November 1853 with three men and his piano’s got immediate acclaim in musical circles. So this advertisement from a Boston Symphony Orchestra programme dated 1896 is only 43 years after the companies founding. Excellent engraving / Illustration.
A Parisian Evening in the Month of June 1853, from the series Fluidomanie (1853)
Linen shirt, late 19th century, American
great exhibition 1851
============================================================================= Originally formed in the 1830s, French Zouave units initially consisted of native North African troops. By the time of the Civil War, however, the French Zouaves were non-natives. Their distinctive uniform included a short jacket, baggy trousers, sash, gaiters, and a fez with turban. Their bravery in combat in the Crimea from 1853-56 and…
