Figure 1.--This portrait shows a Peruvia boy and a girl, persumably siblings, holding hands in fancy outfits with white long stockings. The portrait is not dated, but looks like the late 1870s to us. The outfits seem similar to what Spanish children might wear. These would be affluent children from an urban family, probably in Lima. This is not how most Peruvian children were dressed. The names of the children are written on the back, but they are hard to read. I think that they are José and Issura Carrabio R. Put your cursor on the image to see the back. Perhaps you can make it out better.

English

We have very limited information on Peru ar this time. This page is just link various HBC pages about Peru, until we can build a Peruvian country page. Hopefully Peruvian readers visiting HBC will help help us with this as HBC develops. Any discussion of clothing in Peru must begin with the Inca and other Andean Native American civilixzations. The Inca were renowed for their marvelous textiles. Peru played a fundamental role in the development of modern Europe. While the Conquistadores in the 16th century were primarily after gold, the humble potato made possible a population explosion that played a key role in the industrial revolution and the making of modern Europe. We do have a Peruvian artist that has painted a scene of a boy in traditional clothing. We also have a 1917 portrait of a boy with an Eton collar. A fashionalble Peruvian boy from an affluent family of European origin in the late 19th and early 20th century might wear a suit with an Eton collar. I believe that thsi was common throughout Latin America at the time. Most Peruvian boys at the time, however, were very poor and still not wearing European fashions. The most noted Peruvian photographer is Martin Chambi.

Spanish

Tenemos información muy limitada sobre el Perú a este momento. Esta página es solamente para guiarle al varias HBC páginas del acoplamiento justo sobre Perú, hasta que podemos construir una página propio del país peruana. Esperanzadamente los lectores peruanos que visitan HBC ayudarán con esto mientras que HBC se dessarrollo. Cualquier discusión de arropar en Perú debe comenzar con el Inca y otros civilizations americanos nativos andinos. El Inca era famoso para sus textiles maravillosos. Perú desempeñó un papel fundamental en el desarrollo de Europa moderna. Mientras que el Conquistadores en el 16º siglo estaba sobre todo buscando para oro, la patata humilde hizo posible una explosión de población que desempeñó un papel dominante en la revolución industrial y la desarollo de Europa moderna. Tenemos un artista Peruano que ha pintado una escena de un muchacho en la ropa tradicional. También tenemos un retrato 1917 de un muchacho con un collar de Eton. Un muchacho peruano fashionalble de una familia afluente del origen europeo en el 19º ultimo y vigásimo 20º siglo pudo llevar un traje con un cuello de Eton. Creo que esro fue común a través de América latina en ese epoca. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los muchachos peruanos, eran muy pobres y todavía no usaban estilos europeos. El photographo Peruano mas mas notable es Martin Chambi.

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Created: August 14, 2002
Last updated: 9:17 PM 4/15/2008