Figure 1.--Here we see three Yugoslav children in 1928. There is writing on the back, whhich appears to be their names. Thewriting is difficult to read, something like Geya, Iparrugda, and Majura. The writing is in Latin script which could mean Croatia. Notice the embroidery on the girl's dress. This was a popular feature of Balkan clothing. Look at the writing on the back if you think you can decpipher the script

We have chronological information on Yugoslavia began with its creation in the post World I era (1920s). Before the 1920s, what is now Yugoslavia consisted of Serbia including Macedonia), Montenegro, and areas held by Austria and Italy (Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia). These different agencies became Yugoslav provinces. At the time of Yugoslav. All of these different arras, especially in the south, still had large rural areas where people still dresed in traditional clothing. People in cities wore modern European styles heavily influenced by Germany. The country went through wrenching political change from a royal regime (1923-41), to World War II German occupation (1941-44) to Communist rule (1945-91)--seven tumultous decades. And the first Communist years was a Stalinist regime until Tito broke with Stalin (1948) and a more modrate outlook gradually took hold. All of this of course affected socirty and fashion. And there is an extensive photographic record. Many of the available images are not identified. When they are idenified as Croatin, Serbian, Slovenian ect. If so we will archive them there. Once that cannot be so identified we will archive in the Yugoslav section here. Finally the fall of the Berlin Wall led to the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and eventually break up of the Soviet Union. The old Coomunist leaders held on for a few years. Their corupt rule only exacerbated nationalist sentiment. This led to the breakup of the country (1991). Serbia's efforts to hold the country together by force led to tragic civil wars. After the break up of Yugoslabia, our coverage under the various independent countries.

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