Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 407
Elizabeth.Elizabeth Storer, on page 98 of my Child Life inColonial Days, is an extreme example, straight-backedindeed, but narrow-chested to match. Dr. Holmes wrote in jest, but he wrote in truth,too: — ** They braced My Aunt against a board To make her straight and tall.They laced her up, they… … Nankeen was the favorite wear for boys, even be-fore the Revolution. The little figure of the boywho became Lord Lyndhurst, shown in the Copleyfamily portrait, is dressed in nankeen; he is the engaging, loving child looking upin his mothers face. Nankeenwas worn summer and winter bymen, and women,…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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