Austrian-Hungarian Empire: Czechs--Chronological Trends The 1900s
Figure 1.-- Here we see a family in Horšovskı Tın outside their home. This was a town in the Plzen Region of the Czech Republic, part of the Sudetenland. Beerlovers will recognize the name Pilsen. The German name is Bischofteinitz. The Sudetenland was an area heavily populated by ethnic Germans which Hitler will later use to create a pre-World War II crisis resulting in the Munich Conference and the abandonment of Czechoslovakia. This was, however, a Czech family. The postcard-back photograph is undated, bit would have been taken about 1905 based on the stamp. Click on the image to see the postcard (dopisnice). Notice that the German name is used for the postmark.
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The turn-of-the 20th century introduced the family snapshot which meant that we learn much more about clothing and fashion. We no longer see mostly studio photography, although our archive is still limited. The town images we do see seem very common to Austria/Germany. We are not yet sure anoutrurl areas. Family snapshots still show girls wearing dresses and pinafores. Boys might wear simple shirts with square collars and blouses during the summer. They wore knee pants all year round. During the winter they wore long stockings. When the weather got warmer they wore three-quater socks or went barefoot. Going barefoot was most common in rural areas, but we see it in towns as well. An important development in the Czech Lands, but not Slovakia was the development of industry. The Austro-Hungarian Empire did not industrialize like Germany. The primariy exception was the Czech Lands which became the center of heavy industry in the Empire. The industrial centers were highly centralized. Much of the province was largely agricultural like the Empire as a whole.
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