WOMEN'S FASHION IN THE 1850s

SHOES:

LADIES SHOES, 1850S.

HAIR:

COURTESY OF GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, 1850.

ACCESSORIES:

BONNET AD, 1850.

COLLAR COURTESY OF GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, 1850. UMBRELLA AD, 1854.

UNDERCLOTHING:

CORSET, 1859. COURTESY OF GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK.

WIRE UNDERSKIRT, 1859. COURTESY OF GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK.

CLOTHING:

WEDDING DRESSES COURTESY OF GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, 1850.

COURTESY OF GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK NOVEMBER, 1855.

COURTESY OF GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK
FEBRUARY, 1857.

COURTESY OF GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK
MARCH, 1857.

FRANCES ANN "FANNIE" OF NORTHHAMPTON
OCTOBER 18, 1850.

RESOURCES UTILIZED:

CITY OF WORCESTER. CITY DIRECTORY, 1850.

GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK. 1850-1857.

SEVERA, JOAN. DRESSED FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHER. KENT: KENT STATE UNIV. PRESS.

WILCOX, R. TURNER. THE MODE IN FOOTWEAR: FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT DAY. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1948.