Figure 1.--We still see many CDV portaits in the 1870s. This CDV shows Eddy Mason Haswell (as near as I can make out). He was 9 years old. Eddy wears a sailor suit. It has a verdy small V-front, although the stripe detailing is beginning to look like a traditional suit. Notice the bow and shit collar that almost civers the V-front. The blouse nyttons up the front.

We see a lot more sailor bloses in the 1870s. There were sailor blouses in the 60s, but they were not very common. The sailor blouse by the 70s becomes major style for boys. Most of the outfits we have found in the 1870s photographic record are what might be the standard-collar sailor blouses, although they were far from standrdized. We see for the first time what might be called traditional styled blouses at least in the United states. We see the characteristic V-front and three-stripe detailing. This varied quite a bit and we see a huge varietyof different styles. Not all the blouses had the V-front and in some cases the V-fronts were rather small. Some were so small that a small bow or a regular short collar might cover over the V-front. And the buttoning often went right through the V-front including what we now call the dickey area, the part within the V-front. There were pull over blouses, but the button-up blouses see much more common. The blouses were quite varied. Some had shirt like collars rather thn V-collars, altough the V-collars were more common. and we see mixed collars with a kind of added shirt collar mixed in with the V-collar. We see many buttoning middy rather than pull-over blouses. The dickies were often white. Stripes were very common in the blouse detailing but variouly used.

Prevalence

We see a lot more sailor bloses in the 1870s. There were sailor blouses in the 60s, but they were not very common. The sailor blouse by the 70s becomes major style for boys.

Constructiom

There were pull over blouses, but the button-up blouses see much more common.

Styling

Most of the outfits we have found in the 1870s photographic record are what might be the standard-collar sailor blouses, although they were far from standrdized. We see for the first time what might be called traditional styled blouses at least in the United states. We see the characteristic V-front and three-stripe detailing. This varied quite a bit and we see a huge variety of different styles. Not all the blouses had the V-front and in some cases the V-fronts were rather small. Some were so small that a small bow or a regular short collar might cover over the V-front. And the buttoning often went right through the V-front including what we now call the dickey area, the part within the V-front. The blouses were quite varied. Some had shirt like collars rather than V-collars, altough the V-collars were more common. and we see mixed collars with a kind of added shirt collar mixed in with the V-collar. We see many buttoning middy rather than pull-over blouses. The dickies were not as important as they would become. They were often white. Stripes were very common in the blouse detailing but variouly used.

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