Woman from Aargau in Freiaemter.
Woman from Aargau in Freiaemter
Category: 19th Century
Woman from Bern Simmental. Swiss national costumes.
Woman from Bern Simmental. Source: The Swiss national costumes of XVII – XIX century originals. Original recordings from the Swiss costume festival. Zurich 14 March 1896. Additional galleries of Switzerland costumes:… Read More
French Headdresses from La Rochelle, La Vendee, Poitou
Traditional French Headdresses from La Rochelle, La Vendee, Poitou in 1867 1,6,7, La Rochelle. 2,3, La Vendee. 4,5,8, Poitou
Paris Commune 1871. Vengereuses. Parisian communards, Federates.
Paris Commune 1871. Vengereuses. Parisian communards, Federates. During the Paris Commune, the first feminist mass organization was created, the “Union des Femmes pour la défense de Paris et les soins aux… Read More
Scottish clan Mac Dhubhich, or Mac Duffs.
MAC DHUBHICH, OR MAC DUFFS. THIS surname is one of the most ancient in Scotland, and the chief was among the first of those nobles who became distinguished by the Saxon title of Earl.
Limonadiere before triumphal arch of the Place du Carrousel. Paris, 1821.
No vender of any article in the world makes a greater display than the Limonadiere of Paris.
Flower girl of Paris with huge wooden shoes, 1821.
This way of carrying loads is common in France. A wooden frame is secured to the shoulders, and rests upon the whole surface of the back to the hips.
Coshois at Dieppe, Seine-Maritime. Sketches Illustrative 1821.
THE entry into France by Dieppe is particularly striking, it resembles very much an old English town.
French pilot in large petticoats, boots, gay colored caps and earrings.
The packets from Brighton to Dieppe, when in sight of the harbour, are taken possession of by French pilots
A Pilgrim going to Loretto. Shrine of the Holy House.
The shrines of Loreto and St. James of Gallicia cannot, like that of St. Thomas of Becket at Canterbury in former times, show the stones worn away by the devout kisses of the modern far-wandering penitent.