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To see more historical images beyond the ones shown below, check out these pages on our website:
Animals
Athletes
Book and Magazine Covers
Chatelaines and Chatelaine Purses
Children
Clothes and sewing —also see Corset advertisements, Fashion plates
Coloring pages for all ages
Comics
Corset advertisements
Cycling
Dining
Escort Cards
Fashion Plates
Flowers
Food
Health and Beauty Products
Holidays
Kitchens and kitchen tools
Men and Women, illustrations
Misc.
Photo of children
Photos of couples and families
Photos of groups
Photos of maids
Photos of men
Photos of nurses
Photos of women
Religious images
Romantic images
Seasonal illustrations
Servants
Sheet music
Technology and Tools
Trade cards
Travel / places
Artwork by Charles Dana Gibson. From the book About Paris, 1895.
A cycling club dance. Illustration from Scribner's, February, 1880.
A cycling club dance. Illustration from Scribner's, February, 1880.
From Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, 1893, p. 1331. For more like this see Dining.
From the children's novel, "Little Miss Peggy" 1887. For more like this, see Children.
Cover of the children's novel, "Little Miss Peggy" 1887.
Sports fashion plate; for more like this see Cycling
For more like this see Animals.
Boudoir tea gown; Godey's fashion plate, 1889. For more like this see Fashion Plates.
For more like this see Misc.
For more like this, see Cycling
For more like this, see Photos of Groups
For more like this, see Photos of Couples and Families
For more like this, see Photos of Couples and Families
For more like this, see Photos of Women
Corset advertisement. For more like this see Corset Advertisements.
Women with boy and cycles, circa 1890s. For more like this see Cycling and Photos of Women.
Unknown women, circa late 1890s—1900s. For more like this, see Photos of Women.
Unknown woman, circa late 1890s—1900s. For more like this, see Photos of Women.
Unknown women, circa late 1890s—1900s. For more like this, see Photos of Women.
Unknown women, circa late 1890s—1900s. For more like this, see Photos of Women.
Photo of unknown man, circa late 1890s-1900s. For more like this see Photos of Men.
For more like this see Food.
Godey's fashion plate, 1889. For more like this see Fashion Plates.
Valentine from Columbia Bicycles and Tricycles. For more like this see Cycling and Romantic Images.
From "The Youths Companion" Jan 5, 1888, p7. For more like this see Holidays.
1897
Corset advertisement, 1897. For more like this see Corset advertisements.
1897
"[M]aternity corsets... had extra lacings in various places that could be let out as the fetus grew while maintaining the back support that becomes even more important as a woman’s figure takes on the dramatic increase in weight that accompanies a pregnancy..." -Victorian Secrets: What A Corset Taught Me About The Past, The Present, and Myself, Sarah A. Chrisman, Skyhorse Publishing, 2013
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