Afternoon Dress
1855-1865
The Mint Museum
Here lies my obsession with history
I post fashion, photography, and anything else that interests me, mostly from the Victorian, Edwardian, and Georgian eras.
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Evening Dress
1907
Nordiska Museet
A day at the races, c. 1890
Headdress
1950–65
Hungary
Doucet evening dress ca. 1895
From Whitaker Auctions
Ensemble
Callot Soeurs, 1910
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, 65 BCE”
Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics, August 1936.
In August of 1936, American athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals, setting three world records and tying a fourth in the 100 yard dash, all in front of Adolf Hitler, who had planned to use the games as a tool to promote the physical superiority of the Aryan race.
Robe à la Française
1755-1760
The Museum at FIT
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The Paris Library floods, 1910
1910 Great Flood of Paris:
The 1910 Great Flood of Paris was a catastrophe in which the Seine River, carrying winter rains from its tributaries, flooded Paris, France, and several nearby communities. [read more]
Photo: Historical Library of Paris](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7nwxo0pIR1qcu0ewo1_500.jpg)
The Paris Library floods, 1910
1910 Great Flood of Paris:
The 1910 Great Flood of Paris was a catastrophe in which the Seine River, carrying winter rains from its tributaries, flooded Paris, France, and several nearby communities. [read more]
Photo: Historical Library of Paris
