Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 272
leto see, to visualize, the scene which the author de-scribes. Often this is accomplished with very fewwords, and with most simple words. Pepys has forme this power. Long descriptions by many authorsnaturally afford to us every detail, and thus form apicture ; but Pepys, Hardy, and Besant can… … Charlotte Hesselius. Hats, Bonnets, and Calashes 569 worn by men. These have various names, glen-garrys, kilmarnocks, balmorals, etc. Butthe term bonnet applied as to-day to a womansoutdoor head-covering does not appear in Americato my knowledge till 1725, when Madam Usherswardrobe was sent to…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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