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George Eastman introduced the Kodak Brownie in 1900. This revolutionalized photography. The average person could now take photographs anywhere he wanted, around home or on vacation. This moved photograpy out of the studio. Thus in the 1900s we not only have studio portraits, but increasing numbers of amatuer family snapshots showing children in more more animated poses and natural settings. For the most part girls still only wore dresses. Girls wore white dresses as well as colored ones. The small girl's dress covered her knees and her waistline was placed low. Tots under 6 years wore a baby style, soft, full frocks shirred to a tiny yoke. Though schoolgirls wore shirtwaist and skirt there were three popular and almost uniform styles for that age and under, the sailor costume or "middy" blouse, the Russian tunic with pleated skirt and the jumper dress of navy serge worn over a lingerie blouse or "guimpe." Accordion pleating designated a party dress. From about 1908 for everyday wear small girls for play wore bloomers instead of drawers and petticoats. Many girls wore pinnies. Hairbows were very popular and sometimes quite large. The shirtwaist was still a popular style for young women and widely worn by the sufregettes of the day. One of the enduring images of the 1890s and 1900s are the Gibson girls in shirt waists.
About 1900: Beachwear: English children--museum exhibition
1900s: Striped pinafore and shaved head: Russian girl
1900s: White hair bow, dress, stockings and black strap shoes: American girl
Early 1900s: Schoolwear and hair styles: English village school children
Early 1900s: Pinafores: English village school children
Early 1900s: Fancy pinafores: German family celebration
Early 1900s: Pinafores and dresses: English school children
Early 1900s: Pinafores and fancy dresses: American children
Early 1900s: Dresses: Canadian family
1900: White and light-colored dresses: American family
About 1900: Tunic suit: German girl (perhaps)
About 1900: Beachwear: English children
1901: Winter leggings: French brother and sister in a park
1901: Fancy hat and dress: German girl
1902: Sailor suit anbd white frilly desses: German cousins
1902?: White dress and hair style: American girl
1903: Brothers and sistrs: German family
1904: Short dress: French girl with friend
1904: White pinafore and dress: American girl with older brother
1904: White frocks Scottish children
About 1905: White dresses: American brothers and sisters
About 1905: Shirt waists: Black American family
About 1905: Beach wear: German brother and sister
About 1905: White dresses: American brother and sister
About 1905: White dress: American girl
About 1905: White tunic: American girl
About 1905: Fancy sailor dresses: American sisters
About 1905: Girl's low-waisted dress: American girl and brothers
About 1905: Dark dress: German girl with family
About 1905: Little girl's white dress: American girl with brother
About 1905: Girl's hairbow and pinafore: American girl with brother
About 1905: Girl's white dress and tam: German girl with family
1905: Girls' dresses: American catalog
1905: Girl's party dress: Swiss girl
1906: Blouse and skirt and dress: English sisters with their brothers
1906: Dress and pinafore: Swiss girl
1906: Dresses: Irish emigrants
1907: White party dress and knee pants suit American graduation outfits
1907: Dresses: Extended American family
1907: Swimsuits: American girl with brother and sister
1907: Resort clothing: English children
1907: Little girl's print dress: Finish girl
1908: Girls' white party dresses and hairbows : American children at a birthday party
1908: Girls' dresses: English girls with brothers
1909: Girl' sailor and peasant-style dresses: German family
1909: Girls' sailor suit: German girl
Girls' hats and dresses American children
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