Augusta Marie (Buer) Ilseng
Date & Place:
in Skien, Telemark Norway
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Augusta Marie (Buer) Ilseng
Updated Jun 26, 2025
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Randi Thommessen
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05/23/2015
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AncientFaces
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07/16/2015
Great example of late 1800s fashion.
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I always wonder what color everything was.
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We think that because the photos are black and white, but really that Era was alive with color .....
Randi Thommessen
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07/16/2015
I suspect Maria Ilseng had red hair, at least her daughter did, my grandmother.
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I prefer the sepia photographs, I have quite a few of my ancestors and always think they look so much better than colour!
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I've read a little bit about the development of colors back in the day. I think the more money you had, the more colorful you could dress. Because more dramatic colors came from over seas and cost much more than plain colors.
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This was taken circa 1913. I love the clothes in this one.
Carol Waite
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07/16/2015
I wonder why the took the picture with their umbrellas.
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The umbrellas were used not only when it was raining but in the sun too. Remember back then tanned skin was not fashionable.. The paler a woman skin was the better and Freckles.. They were horrifying. LOL
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Not umbrellas. Parasols. Umbrellas for rain, parasols for sun. A parasol wouldn't be waterproof.
Randi Thommessen
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07/17/2015
The seated woman is my great grandmother, Marie Ilseng, I believe the woman standing must be a friend of Marie.
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These would have been ladies of substance. Their family had money, right? Cause my country kin aren't dressed like this in their photos.
Randi Thommessen
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07/16/2015
Marie Ilseng came from a rather well off family, atleast compared to most from her region; Telemark, Norway. But not enough to live extravagant and over the top. But when photographed, I believe they normally put on their best clothes.
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Great picture ! Im guessing they are wearing their second best dresses . The woman standings dress shows lots of wear . I like how they are no fuss dresses that are totally functional . Bu t Im looking at them from a reenactors point of view .
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I am loving that stick-fence prop thingy! Dresses too.
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Sorry Laura but you must have amazing vision..... where abouts is the 'lots of wear' on the standing womans' dress? I can't see anything apart from the dress' pattern and texture. My eyes must be really bad. :/
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Carol look where its buttoned up . Ive worn dresses from the 1830s and 1860s . When they get worn alot they dont stay as crisp as the should or hold their shape properly. I love the photo as it depicts working class women. Its a great research tool .😃
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Parosols need to return...good for the sun,lovely fashion accessory and poking a misbehaving beau....ahahahaha..kidding about the last bit...yes.lol
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I wish the hats would come back 😊 they were all so unique
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Yes!! Jessie Whitten so many luxurious designs omg
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Yes parasol should in deed come back. and yes why not scares the beau away when they misbehave? hahahahahah lol
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1880's family photo. My Great Grandmother, and her Daughter.
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Beautiful!! Lucky you for having this!! It's not 1880s though; closer to 1890s... Hats were rather small in the 80s and the shoulders were natural; the young woman's clothing (she's more likely to represent the times) seems mid 90s to me.
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I have a very Old cardboard pattern for a dress like this given to me about 35 years ago by one of the ladies in her 80"s who was a taylor and I have been meaning to donate it to FR Museum. It also had a little girls size pattern on the same dress.
Randi Thommessen
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07/17/2015
This is the cameo of the seated woman, Marie Ilseng. She is my great grandmother, and the cameo is in my possession.
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I am fairly certain this is a post mortem photo. The way the bodies are unnaturally posed and they always used chairs and front props to pose the bodies. Not to be weird but I would be this is one.
Randi Thommessen
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07/17/2015
The seated woman is my great grandmother, and the image is taken some years before she gave birth to my grandmother. It is not a postmortem picture.
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William Fox
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07/31/2015
The date for this picture had to be between 1890-1899. The sleeves on their dresses tells this. They were very popular in the 1890's but not in 1913 per Susan Crane's date. Many people have suggested a wide variance of dates from 1880-1913. Google it folks.
Shawntel McDonough
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10/19/2015
If you look closely at the floor you can see a stand just under the chair. This would be an indication of it being a post mortem photo. The woman on the right also appears to have a lifeless gaze or painted eyelids.
Randi Thommessen
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11/17/2015
The lady sitting was my great grandmother, and she was alive when the picture was taken. My grandmother was not yet born at the time of this image.
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