1870s Fashion
1870s Fashion
The Trends
The Trends
The Trends
Sources & Biblography
Photograph Collections
The Booth-Grunendike Collection at the University of Illinois Springfield
The Richard E. Hart Springfield Photograph Collection
The Sangamon Valley Collection
Newspapers & Periodicals
Frank Leslie’s Lady’s Magazine (1873-1878)
Harper’s Bazaar (1881-1915)
Springfield City Directory (1870-1913)
The Daily Illinois State Journal (1873-1911)
The Daily Illinois State Register (1872-1913)
The Delineator (1889-1895)
The State Journal Register (1908)
The Sunday Journal (1892)
Publications
Allinson, May. “Dressmaking as a Trade for Women in Massachusetts.” PhD diss., Columbia University, 1916. Accessed October 12, 2018. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433007342664;view=1up;seq=6;size=75.
Department of the Interior, U.S. Census Office. Report on the Statistics of Wages in Manufacturing Industries; with Supplementary Reports on the Average Retail Prices of Necessaries of Life, and on Trades Societies, and Strikes and Lockouts. By Joseph D. Weeks. Washington: Gov. Printing Office, 1886. Accessed October 20, 2018. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hl4p9r;view=1up;seq=5.
Gernsheim, Alison. Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: a Photographic Survey. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1981
Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. The Fashionable Lady in the 19th Century. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1960.
Goffman, Erving. Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. University of Edinburgh, 1956.
Hart, Richard Evan. Lincoln's Springfield-The Public Square: 1823-1865. Springfield: Elijah Iles House Foundation, 2004.
History of Sangamon County, Illinois. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Company, 1881.
Lauer, Robert H. and Jeanette C. Lauer. Fashion Power: The Meaning of Fashion in American Society. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1981.
Lewis, Albert W. Springfield, The Capital of the State of Illinois. Springfield: Springfield Commercial Association, 1912.
Pietz, Henry. Springfield: Capitol of Illinois, the Home of Lincoln, a Collection of Photographic Views of Springfield and Vicinity. Springfield: H. Pietz, 1884.
Springfield, Illustrated in Nine Plates. Ebook. H. R. Page & Co., 1889. Accessed November 1, 2017. http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/isl/id/19501
Websites
Fineman, Mia. "Kodak and the Rise of Amateur Photography." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. October 2004. Accessed June 22, 2018. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kodk/hd_kodk.htm.
Kienzler, Mike. "Population Changes, 1830-2010." SangamonLink. April 21, 2014. Accessed March 05, 2018. https://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=4948.
Turner, Grahame. “Children’s Clothing in the 1900s.” Our Everyday Life. September 28, 2017. Accessed November 1, 2018. https://oureverydaylife.com/childrens-clothing-in-the-1900s-12485202.html.