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American Boy Dress Chronology: The 1880s--Dress Colors

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Figure 1.--The boy in the cabinent portrait here is Burgess Stanley age 2 years, 2 months. Burgess was photographed by Taylor & Preston in Salem, Massachusetts. The portrait is undated, but it looks like the 1880s to us. The dress here seems a very simple dress with what looks like a small lace collar.

We note boys wearing both white and colored dresses. White seems to have been a particuolsrly popular color, especilly for younger boys. Unfortunately because of the black and white photography, we have no idea about the actual colors. I don't think, however, bright colors wee very common boys, we suspected they mostly wore muted colors.







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Created: 8:43 PM 12/30/2007
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