Augusta Marie (Buer) Ilseng

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Great example of late 1800s fashion.

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Susan Swanson Crane

I always wonder what color everything was.

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Janet Capozzo

plain! browns- blacks- baby blue

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Susan Swanson Crane

We think that because the photos are black and white, but really that Era was alive with color .....

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Randi Thommessen

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I suspect Maria Ilseng had red hair, at least her daughter did, my grandmother.

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Jean Russell

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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Liz Lauri

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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Susan Swanson Crane

This was taken circa 1913. I love the clothes in this one.

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Louise Holliday

Love the hats

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Carol Waite

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I wonder why the took the picture with their umbrellas.

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Karen Jonas

Not umbrellas but parasols to keep the sun from their face. As to why, who knows.

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Joan McCarty

think all had the parasols back in the day.

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Linda Virtue

Just part of the outfit. Fashionable.

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Sandy Jones

Because ladies didn't go anywhere without their umbrellas

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Donna VandePol

They look like they were on a stroll in the park. Lovely picture

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Paula Wolff

Indeed.

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LouAnne Brand

Love the hats too. We really don't have "style" anymore do we? Now it's yoga pants and terrycloth headbands. Too bad. LOL

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Sheila Fuhrmann

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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Linda Virtue

Not umbrellas. Parasols. Umbrellas for rain, parasols for sun. A parasol wouldn't be waterproof.

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Helena Shelby

Beautiful..now this was class.

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Helena Shelby

Beautiful. Now this was class.

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Diane Fox

Meryl Streep in another era. Lovely cameos at the throat.

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Gustave Zeissig

Looks uncomfortable..

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Sandy Jones

Yeah, they had to wear corsets

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Maria Elena Olivares DeOchoa

History 1800' nice Fashion Beauitful Girls

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Karen Jonas

Other than the breathtaking (and not in a good way) corsets, I could totally rock that era of dress. I would love to actually.

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Beth Gordon

Love the 1800's, but would have hated the fashions. Looks extremely uncomfortable.

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Theda Zimmerman

Perhaps this is Mother and daughter?

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Randi Thommessen

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The seated woman is my great grandmother, Marie Ilseng, I believe the woman standing must be a friend of Marie.

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Lisa Johnson

These would have been ladies of substance. Their family had money, right? Cause my country kin aren't dressed like this in their photos.

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Randi Thommessen

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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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Manon G Bolduc-Guernon

LIkely the colors would have been dark and dull...

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Jacqui Magda

This would have been us, Damaris J!!!!! 😁

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Laura Harmon Vickers

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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Patsy Harper

I am loving that stick-fence prop thingy! Dresses too.

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Carol Johnstone

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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Laura Harmon Vickers

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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Joan McCarty

love all of the pictures you post.

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Joan McCarty

love all the pictures you post

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Charli Jazmin

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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Jessie Whitten

I wish the hats would come back 😊 they were all so unique

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Charli Jazmin

Yes!! Jessie Whitten so many luxurious designs omg

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Ruth White

and hats , love hats.

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Country Brocante Home

Yes parasol should in deed come back. and yes why not scares the beau away when they misbehave? hahahahahah lol

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Dorothy Cruse

I prefer today's comfort but still feminine. Women's clothing says alot about who we think we are!

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Michele Ron Bowersox

Great outfits not to be mean but the lady sitting could be from the wizard of oz.

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Mackenzie Brunson

Or John Lennon. 😊

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Michele Ron Bowersox

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Charlene Reed

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Tami Pino

I just love their fashion.

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Carol Wheeler

Fabulous 👍

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Debbie Scarpaci

Is that us coming out of the Kidd

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Lorraine Mclellan

Classy ladies.

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Robert Gaume

1880's family photo. My Great Grandmother, and her Daughter.

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Karin Passmore

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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Julie Vallance

Love it. Those stays would have been agonising.

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Daisy Perelli

c'était triste

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Alberto Rigotti Abadilla

1890s

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Paula Alexandra Rodrigues

God, that s tight!

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Patty Richwine

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.

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Beverly Donner

I always wonder how they withstood really hot weather.

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Marylee Gonzales

Beautiful picture but you know they are very hot because of the material

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Tammielynn Malone

I love these dresses!

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Jack Cagle

Love the look but think about how miserable they were , no ac, sweating there buns off!

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Diana Belzunce

Muy elegantes.....!!!!

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Theresa Donaldson

Whew! Looks nice But hott

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Doris Kowalczyk

These ladies had style,uncomfortable but great style

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LeAnn Moore

Love the cameos!

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Randi Thommessen

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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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LeAnn Moore

Beautiful!

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Gail R. Hoge

I think the parasols where also used to keep the hot weather and of course the sun away from them.

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Jacqueline Robinette

I believe I wore that in my past life.

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Alisha Jones Bledsoe

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.

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Randi Thommessen

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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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Ida Howard

Looks very hot and uncomfortable

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James Crowe

Good to see the ankles aren't showing 😉

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James Rhoades

When women were women

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Debbie Brown

Beautiful ladies

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Al Hawkins

Lord they must have been hot in those clothes.

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Lezley Spikes

Looks hot

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Rebecca Cone

These girls look like they're roughing it. Fun!

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Arania Kluria

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Wow I love'it 😄

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Country Brocante Home

beautiful days!

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Lawrence Reeves

Show me some leg

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Charlene Feiner

What terrific pictures

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Sara Ahmed

luv the hats 👒👒

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Carrie Burrell

This is when women only had 2 or 3 dresses and they would changes and alter them routinely

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Kathy Hoffman

Oh look my hat!

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Renata Napoli

Il vitigno da vespa

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William Fox

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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.

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Shawntel McDonough

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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.

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Randi Thommessen

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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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