True, but think on a hot day how nice it is to wear shorts and a t shirt instead of a full suit, or a dress with ten layers of constrictive underwear , hats, gloves etc
He's not "dressed up" this is the way he dresses everyday. I like his shoes, they appear to be new or well taken care of. He is very distinguished looking. I think the term then was "courtly looking"
I wear suits etc everyday unless im in the garden messing about.People often come up to me and compliment me in the street, shops etc.and say they wished men would dress that way. I go out as if I were golng somewhere special every day and a lot of the time I am.
Remember when all men dressed like that unless they were working, especially impressive were how neat and clean kids were then too. Church was a good example.
You could be,, however those types of ppl rarely gave a damn about what they wore,, and if they did dress..they for sure didn't wear it this well.. class speaks louder than criminal
Wish living in my favorite base hadn't taken so many family photo's school albums etc. So we leave hurricanes behind to move to tornado alley! Gotta love Air Force!
Ppl always got dressed before the went out. Actually they got dressed when they got up back in those days! Respect for your appearance! Must have been real nice!
When I stayed overnight or longer, at my maternal grandparents' house, we were not permitted to go to the breakfast table without being completely dressed for the day.
My Grandpa always wore a three piece suit when not in the house. I didn't understand it at my tender age but I always thought how well he prsented himself till his death at 84.
I remember that day. We lived next door and always walked home from church on nice days. Daisy Riggs and my Grandma made lunch at one house or the other . Later, there were 15 or 20, sometimes more showed up for croquet. Great times. (c. 1905-1910)
Great photo! Men look fabulous in suits although I understand why they don't like to wear them everyday. My great grandfather, a Civil War vet from Illinois, always wore a blue serge suit. Sat outside in the hot summer heat reading the Bible and the newspaper, came back in and swore he was going blind.
Back at a time where people, men and women both cared about how they looked in public, and gave a damn about their appearance, Now sadly seems that people younger that 50 don;t care about anything but themselves, wearing pants so saggy is's a wonder why wear them at all, women wearing tight tight, Tights when they are bulgeing at the seems and hanging out all over the place, drawn on eye brows... OMG it is all disgusting...! no class, no type and no self respect anymore, things apparently no longer taught in homes... along with no moral values
My father wore a military uniform everyday of his adult life. HE always wanted to own a nice suit but he had to wear his dress blues when out in public. Military protocols.
I only read the newspaper one time outside, but I was not wearing a suite. It was 6-7 years ago while waiting for the train in Carlsbad heading to San Diego
My grandfather was a painter in downtown Cleveland. He went to work every day in a suit, changed his clothes into work clothes, then when work was done, changed back into his suit to come home!
Esom Riggs was a private in the confederate cavalry; part of Gunn's Raiders. He was captured after a raid into PA and spent the rest of the war in Union prisons until paroled 6 days after the war. He went on to start a successful lumber company.
Esom M Riggs was born on July 25th, 1843 in West Virginia to Thomas Hannan Riggs (1811 - 1854) and Celia Ann Hughes, born 1810. His father was born in Virginia, as was his mother. He had six siblings: Charles Estes, Elizabeth Jane, Albert F., Thomas Jefferson, Missouri Francis, and Ransom William Riggs.
Esom Riggs was a soldier in the United States Civil War, serving as a Private in the Confederate Army in the 8th Virginia Calvary.
He married Martha Ann Ball (1849 - 1891) circa 1868 in Indiana. They had three daughters: Hortense, Bertha, and Grace, and three sons: Edward, Clarence, and Joseph.
After Martha died, he then married Caroline Crow (1852 - 1903) on September 15th, 1892 in Grant County, Indiana. After Caroline died, Esom married Indiana Aldred on April 17th, 1905 in Hamilton County, Indiana.
Esom died at the age of 71 in Noblesville, Indiana and he is buried in Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Indiana
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