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The ladies of ye olden time, and particularly the brides, were dressed in a style essentially different from those shown in the fashion plates of Harper’s Bazaar for 1878.
Silver gelatin print of a new bride, 1880’s Sydney, Australia
Fancy bonnets, kid gloves, and silk dresses were never dreamed of. The most
complete wardrobe consisted of a home-spun dress,deer-skin petticoats, dyed blue from the bark of the soft maple, and a squirrel-skin bonnet. In many instances, bride and bridegroom mounted the same horse, and rode away to the nearest magistrate, a
happy couple.
1880s bride-photo from https://www.pinterest.com/
1880s bride in silk and satin-photo from https://www.pinterest.com/
1880s bride in silk and satin-photo from https://www.pinterest.com/
Bride in the 1860s-photo from https://www.pinterest.com/
The Bride and Her Bridesmaids, Albert Sands Southworth, Josiah Johnson Hawes, whole plate daguerreotype. 1851
Minneapolis-wedding-Lily Absinthe
1880s Wedding Couple Shake Hands-photo from https://www.pinterest.com/
wedding portrait circa 1880s-photo from https://www.pinterest.com/
A pioneer wedding-photo from https://www.pinterest.com/
Pioneer wedding-photo from https://www.pinterest.com/
Come and visit the Lanark County Genealogical Society Facebook page– what’s there? Cool old photos–and lots of things interesting to read.
Information where you can buy all Linda Seccaspina’s books-You can also read Linda in Hometown News and now in The Townships Sun
