Boys' Historical Clothing: New Pages--August 2017



Figure 1.--George Lambdin painted 'The Biddle Children On The Schuylkill' in 1869, a few years after the Civil War. The Schuylkill is an important river running west to east in eastern Pennsylvania through Phildelphia, which formed the basis for the Schuylkill Canal, imporant in the early industrialization of the North. We do not know who the Biddle children were. We do know that the Biddles were a prominent Philadelphia family. The most famous family member was financeer Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), the last president of the Second Bank of the United States. We are not sure about the relationship. Lambdin's painting seems to be a conbination of genre and portrait painting. We have a good depiction of period childhood. Children this age would not be allowed to go fishing on their own today. Notice that the girl is not fishing, only her brothers. We also have a depiction of how children were dressed for everyday activities and not dressed up for a studio portrait. The girl wears a Federal Army kepi. This suggests that the Biddle family was an ardent supporter of President Lincoln and the Union cause. One might have thought the boys would have been wearing kepis, but instead they wear straw hats, at least for a summer fishing outing.

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August 31

Macedonia: Ethnicity

American boy: Dayton Sizer Jr.

Industrial Revolution: Canals

Palestine: British Mandate--Photography

August 30

India and Pakistan: Partioned announced

World War II aftermath: Japanese economic miracle

World War II: Sweden--Air war

August 29

World War II: Swedish aid to Finland

World War II: American aid to China

English families: The 1890s--Finch family

August 28

World II bios: Mongomry--Family

World War IIs bios: Montgomery

English kilt suits: The 1890s

August 27

American headwear types: The 1900s

Estonian history: Independence--1st republic

August 26

Argentine school smocks: The 1960s

Argentine school smocks: The 1920s

Argentine school smocks: The 1900s

Argentine rompers: European influenced

American hotel pages

August 25

English artist: Francis Cotes--Anna Maria and Edward Astley

Cricket origins

English artist: Francis Cotes--Joseph and John Gulston

English artists: Francis Cotes

American Fauntleroy blouses: Chronology

August 24

Rusian artists: Serov--Grandduke Michael

Rusian artists: Serov--Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov

Rusian artists: Serov--Sasha and Yura

August 23

American sailor suits: Patterns

American knicker suits: Ages--10 year olds

English seaside fun

August 22

American ringlet curls chronology: The 1870s--Ages

Australian footwear: Barefeet

Tunisian activities

Australian skirted garments

English art: Unknown 19th century artists

August 21

Swiss festivals: The Alpabfahrt

Canadian school activiries: Field trips

August 20

German sailor suits: 19th century

American 1910s tunics: Ages

English school uniform chronology: The 1920s --Usage

August 19

Argentine First Communion (1940s)

American Civil Rights Movement: Personal responsibility

American knickers: Chronology--The 1910s

August 18

American conformations: Chronology

American sailor suits: 1890s--top garments

English militry--naval schools--Royal Naval School

English Eton collars: Chronology--The 1890s

August 17

World War II: Air war--German V weapons

Grand Duchess Maria Nicholiava and her children

Russian arustocracy: Robertson paintings

August 16

Scottish artists: Christina Robertson

English short pants: Color

Pinafores: Purposes

Nepal: Economy

August 15

Jordania history: PLO state within astate

Kuwati history: Independence

Popes: Pius XII--Post-War era

American economic sectors

August 14

American curcuses

American knicker suits: Trousers

World War II: Japanese agriculture

Australian girls clothes

August 13

Depression: United States--Ending the New Deal

Hungarian history: Inter-War era

French history

August 12

French Communists: Jacques Duclos

Italian hair styles

American skirted garments: Skirt lengths--Short

American skirted garments: Skirt lengths--Long

August 11

Depression: American New Deal --Rural programs

World War II: Battle of Britain--Chain Home Network

August 10

Welsh folk costumes

World War II: Battle of the Bulge--Armor

August 9

Biographies: French author--Armand Lanoux

New Zealand suits: Chronology

World War II: Air doctrine--Stategic bombing warfare

August 8

World War II: Borneo--Allies 1945 Oboe campaigns

Scottish academies: Individual schools--Unknown school

Scottish academies: Individual schools

August 7

Argentina: Shirts

American long stockings: Striped stockings--The 1880s

American skirts: The 1880s

August 6

American girl skirted garments: Hemlines --19th century

American collar buttoning jackets: Ages--5 year olds

World War I: American troop transports

August 5

America suits: 1890s jackets

World War II refugees: Causes

Swedish parties

Swedish activities: Holidays

August 4

German states royalty: Saxe Couburg Gotha--Ernst II

French royalty: Bonapate climants--Victor Napoleon

August 3

Estonian school chronology: Tsarist era

August 2

Scottish tunic chronology--The 1860s

August 1

American artists: George Lambdin







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