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The 1890s were one of the more destinctive decades as far as boys' clothing goes. Many boys dressed plainly in the 1890s, but we see large numbers of boys dressing in fancy outfits. The 1990s was the peak of the Fauntleroy craze. Some clothing styles like Fauntleroy suit and Fauntleroy styles like large floppy bows and ruffled collars. We not only see Fauuntleroy suits, but standard suits wih Fauntleroy items added. Not all boys wore the Fauntleroy outfits or even suits with Fauntleroy touch, but the syle was very popular at the time. Sailor suits were also popular. Knee pants became standard for boys during the decade. They were virtually always worn with long stockings. Cabinet car mounts through the 1890s were almost entirely the classic size and style. Almost all the studio portaits were cabinet cards. We rarely see CDVs. And amateur snapshors were still not very common, although this changed in 1900 with the appearance of the Kodak Brownie. Nor do we see the post-card back photograpgs that also bcame popular after the turn of the century. The 1890s cards were often whitish or off-white colors like ivory or cream. We also see embossed studio information for the first time. The card here in 1894 is a good example (figure 1). We note whicker furniture becoming popular during the decade in the studio set ups, especially by mid-decase . This was mostly brown whicker we mostly see the popular white whicker after the turn-of-the 20th century. We see some portraits with simplified settings using blank backdrops. That was not common in the 80s.
The 1890s were one of the more destinctive decades as far as boys' clothing goes. Many boys dressed plainly in the 1890s, but we see large numbers of boys dressing in fancy outfits. The 1990s was the peak of the Fauntleroy craze. Some clothing styles like Fauntleroy suit and Fauntleroy styles like large floppy bows and ruffled collars. We not only see Faauntloy suits, but standard suits wih Fauntleroy items added. Not all boys wore the Fauntleroy outfits or even suits with Fauntleroy touch, but the syle was very popular at the time. Sailor suits were also popular. Knee pants became standard for boys during the decade. They were virtually always worn with long stockings.
Cabinet card mounts through the 1890s were almost entirely the classic size and style tht first appeared in the 1860s. . Classic caninet card mounts were like the card here (figure 1). The standard size was 108 by 165 mm (4 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches). The cards were all very close in size becuse this was the size that the slots in prepared albums would accomodate. The standard mounts were mostly covered by the photographic image with about 3/4 inch at the bottom reserved for information about the studio, the name of the studio at the left and the city and tate at the right. Sometimes there was information about the print in the middle such as 'Ivory Finish'. The year as is the case here is unusual. At the turn of the century we suddenly see a greater variety of sizes and dimensions. We are not sure why, but the Kodak Brownie producing snapshots may have been a factor (1900). We also see the presentation of the studio information changing. Sometimes it was embossed and almost always smaller and less prominent. Usually it was just the studio name. Somerineswe do not see the name of the satudio at all. The vast majority of these new mount formats appeared after the turn-of-the-century, but we see a few examples in the late-1890s. As a result this is a very ueful chronological inicator.
Almost all the studio portaits were cabinet cards in the 1890s. We rarely see CDVs. The format continued to be common in Europe, but not in America. There wre some, but not very mny. And amateur snapshors were still not very common, although this changed in 1900 with the appearance of the Kodak Brownie. Nor do we see the post-card back photograpgs that also bcame popular after the turn-of-the-century. The 1890s cards were often whitish or off-white colors like ivory or cream. We also see embossed studio information for the first time. The card here in 1895 is a good example, although printed states unfirtunately were not very common (figure 1).
We note whicker furniture becoming popular during the decade in the studio set ups, especially by mid-decase . This was mostly brown whicker we mostly see the popular white whicker after the turn-of-the 20th century. We see some portraits with simplifid settings using blank backdrops. That was not common in the 80s.
We note spoecialized cabinet cards for school portraits in the 1890s. They probably occurred first in the 1880s necause we hve fiund ine fated 1890. At first we only see occassional school portraits, mostly class or small groupsuually not identified. Gradually the school portait became an established school tradition. We see studios by the 1880s specializing in school portraits. This generally meant a large school portrait amd individual class portits. We do not see separate individual portaits until the 20th century. Here we have a potrait of a San Francisco studio specializing in school portraits. The namne of the school is not provided, only a title -- Happy School Days. We haven't seen very many of these specialized school cards, but they clearly existed. A studio we noted was Hugo Weitz and Alex. Dijeait in San Francisco.
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