- Fashion - Janesville Sesquicentennial
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- What shoes, hats looked like in 1830s
- Fashion accessories were taken from other time periods and
romanticized during the 1830s.
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- Shoes
- Shoes had high heels and were cut into open sandal shapes
and fastened with three or more instep
- bows. Carriage clogs made of cork or leather were worn over
the shoe by both men and women for protection.
- "Prunella" shoes were so "common" that
many women didn't want to wear them. Silk and fancy
- leathers were materials used for making shoes. Square toes
were long and thin.
- Cloth boots were worn over slippers when ladies went to the
theater. Carriage boots were made
- of velvet and trimmed and lined with fur. Black satin slippers
were worn for evening wear.
- Girls wore plain black or fancy dyed slippers that contrasted
with white stockings while boys wore
- black or red lace-up shoes.
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- Head wear
- Bonnets were large and lavishly decorated. They were faced
with a contrasting silk, and trimmed
- with large ribbon bows, and wide string that tied under the
chin. The crowns were high and sloped upward when worn on the
head. Feathers continued to be worn in bonnets, and many were
almost overladen with plumes.
- During the 1830s, a hat which was very shiny and usually
of light color became popular for both
- men and boys. The material had a brush nap, so it was called
a silk "beaver" hat. The hatband was a cord with tassels
at the end.
- Girls' bonnets were made of sheer organdy with lace-edged
ruffles and yards of ribbon. Striped
- ribbons were a favorite trim. It was fashionable to leave
the bonnet ties loose and hanging free with the end curled. Sometimes,
the decorative bows were worn on the inside of the ruffle to
highlight the face.
- Caps were worn inside and outside by children and women.
Upon entering the house, a hat or
- bonnet of straw or beaver - according to the season - was
put on over the cap and tied under the chin.
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- [Two photographs; caption reads: Maud and Everette COMBS
are pictured riding a tricycle. At right, Emma COMBS poses
with her husband. Both photos were taken in the 1890s, by COMBS,
an Evansville photographer.]
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- Other accessories
- Embroidered muslin shawls accented the full width of the
shoulders in the early '30s. Buckled belts
- were fashionable and held the long ends of shawls in place.
Parasols were usually made of green silk in a pagoda shape with
a metal stick and ivory handle.
- Another feature of the 1830s was the apron for little girls.
Those made of white muslin, white
- cross-barred cambric and printed calico were not as popular
as those made of green silk.
- Young girls wore lockets around their necks on a long black
cord and tucked them into the bosom
- of their dress or under their belt. Amber or red beads were
usually worn along with the lockets. Little scissors or thimbles
[were] suspended at the end of the cords.
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