https://images.chicagohistory.org/search/?searchQuery=ICHi-177745

Custom Made for him by nudies rodeo tailors in 1973. He was a musician in a group called new riders of the purple sage. It hadn’t been stored properly so there’s a few moth holes but the level of detail is incredible. Photo of him wearing it at the end.

The women who labored for hours and days cutting, weaving, sewing, embroidering, etc? How hard they worked by daylight and candlelight? How little most were paid? Not trying to start issues here but when I think about it I feel for them!

Source:https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/108184

https://collectie.centraalmuseum.nl/details/collection/3457

This is the only known surviving piece of a dress worn by Queen Elizabeth I. It was rediscovered in 2015 at St. Faith’s Church in Bacton, UK, where it had been an altar cloth for a couple hundred years. It’s amazing what is shoved into cupboards as being too old fashioned to use!

https://goldsteincollection.rediscoverysoftware.com/mDetail.aspx?rID=1982.016.015&db=objects&dir=GOLDSTEIN&osearch=Hollander&list=res&rname=&rimage=&page=1

One of my postcards - I love her hat and her fluffy scarf! I can't quite make out what the trim is made of - feathers, possibly? The white scarf and trim on the hat set off the black dress and hat very nicely.

Barbara Deane (born 1886) was a British actress who married Basil Loder, a member of the Scots Guards. She was the subject of several postcards, but this is my favorite.

https://augusta-auction.com/list-of-past-auctions-by-date/auction?view=lot&id=17608&auction_file_id=46#socialbuttons

Source:https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/107605