This couple dressed in afternoon formal dress. Change that took place in feminine costume. It shows the new silhouette.
Category: 1897
The Graecomania. Modes of the Directory and the Consulate.
Women’s fashion of classicism in France at the end of the 18th century. Modes of the Directory and the Consulate (1795-1804).
China 1897. The dying coolie by Isabella Bird Bishop.
THE DYING COOLIE 1897. More:Old bridge in Chao-Chow-Fu, Guangdong, China. 1869 China. Paper-house burnt for the benefit of the dead. Asia The Armenian bishop of Djulfa, Azerbaidjan. c. 1886 Armenia… Read More
Dorsetshire Yeomanry Cavalry, Queen’s Own
The Queen’s Own Regiment of Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry More:Medieval tournament. Heavy cavalry 16th century. 16th Century Portrait of Queen Catherine Paulovna of Württemberg Romantic Era Queen Elisabeth knighting Drake on… Read More
Scalp Shirt of Little Big Man. Chief of the Lakota Oglala-Sioux. c. 1897
Scalp Shirt of the Chief of the Lakota Oglala-Sioux. It had (perhaps) once belonged to the great chief of the Sioux, Crazy Horse, or had at least been worn by him.
Ashanti warriors. Asante Manta. Ethnic group in West Africa.
Ashanti warriors. The Ashanti Region (in Akan: Asante Manta) is a region of Ghana with the capital of Kumasi. The vast majority of the population consists of members of the… Read More
England Boer war. Royal Lancasters. Lieutenant, Captain, Adjutant.
Royal Lancasters. Lieutenant, Captain, Adjutant. England Boer war. 1880–1881 and 1899–1902 by the British Empire. More:Complete harnesses of soldiers in the Thirty Years’… Europe Egypt. War dresses. Headgear and various costumes.… Read More
A Mohammedan. Indian Characters.
Mohammedan dressed In the full costume worn by Muslims from the North-West Provinces.
The Bania. A merchant from Mumbai
The Banias are perhaps the least educated of any of the middle class natives of the present day.
Native Servants of Mumbai.
Typical pictures of Indian Natives. By F. M. Coleman










