Tannenbaum family in 1920 Berlin
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This is a photo of Rosalie (Rowelski) Tannenbaum , Usher Tannenbaum and Deborah (Tannenbaum) Wilson added by Debbie McKenzie on October 7, 2020.
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at Berlin, Germany in Berlin, Berlin Germany
Unknown - Unknown
1916 - 1980
1868 - 1937
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Updated Oct 15, 2020
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I was looking at old old videos from the silent era and saw the hemlines stay very long until the last couple of years of the 1920s when it became fashionable and acceptable to be slightly at the knee with the dress hem. Perhaps this couple wore their best old clothes? Top hats were something still worn for formal occasions into the 1940s (sometimes still are depending upon the event and where).
Ree Young
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Linda Woody I think hem length was very much impacted by age, class, and location of the lady in question.
Of course, the war was just over and there was a good deal of poverty in Europe. Their clothing may not be up to date related to those reasons. In the early 1920s, clothing styles were still fairly conservative. Older men's formal clothes fashions changed slowly. Her clothing, I think, reflect the styles between 1910-1914.
Ree Young
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Hemlines did rise to about mid-calf...even in the rest of Europe and in the US, the Flapper image was symbolic more than the standard for fashion.
This woman's dress is likely one she's had for some time. People back then didn't get new wardrobes every year, and clothes were repaired, altered, and reimagined to look newer.
Her hem is above ankle length, and the sleeves are fitted...a dress style close to1920, even 19189 or 1919.
But this lady is matronly, not one who would be embracing the newer, more daring fashions. Same kind of thing as the rest of Europe and the US.
I thought the same thing as Katrin. Tannenbaum is not always a Jewish name, but it often is. If they were Haredi that would absolutely explain the top hat and coat of the man and the conservative dress of the woman. That is my interpretation of this photograph. Sad to contemplate the fate of this family.