Figure 1.-- This Civil War era CDV portrait shows an unidentified Philadelphia boy wearing a heavily embroidered white dress. He looks to be about 3 yeras old. There is no collar, what looks like a jacket top is done in half sleeves. Notice the long skirt and eyelet lace trimmed pantalletes. A revenue stamp dates the portrait to 1864-66. The photographer was Edward P. Hipple.

We note the characteristics of the various dress elements w have found for the 1860s. They include collars, bodice, sleves, waistline and skirt. Collars seem small. Collars varied. Some dresses do not have collars. Others have small white collars in various styles like the ones boys wore with suits. We notice both half and long sleeves. The half sleeves might cover a blouse with balloning sleeves. The little boy on the previous page in 1861 wears a patterened dress with balloned half sleeves. A good example is an Eddie S?. O'Kane? in 1865 with long sleeves. Defined waists seem common. The unidentified boy on the previous page in a jacketed dress is a good example of a defined waist. Skirts seem generally full and long, down to just above the ankles. We do not yet notice pleating.

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