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We begin to see really large number of photogrpjic images (1860s). This is when the CDV comes into existence. This meant that far more photograpohs were possible than with earlier photogrsphic processes. Women wore dresses with long hemlines. Girls were allowed to wear dresses with more practical, shorter hem lines. This was govdrnecd by age and not style in the 19th century. And during the first half of the 19h century wore them with pantalettes that extended well below the skirts, in some cases all the way to the ankles. Women might also wear pantalettes, but not so prominetly. Girls throughout the 19th century wore either dresses or skirts. We note a CDV portatriat of an unidentified girl taken in the early-1860s. She looks to be about 6 years old. We know this because she is holding a cased Dag or Ambro which disappeared very quickly after the early 1860s. She wears a Zouave cut-away jacket, popular during the Civil War. This is primarily a boy's garment. Younger girls could wear skirts cut well above the ankles. This girl wears a white dress with pantelettes and white long stockings.
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