1840 Costumes

A 19th century dress style worn by the adventurous pioneers of the American western frontier. The Pioneer Girl child costume is a long skirt dress with an attached pinafore apron and a bonnet hat. Shoes and flowers not included.

Making a home on the range, the pioneer woman costume is a long sleeved prairie styled dress with an attached apron. It includes a bonnet hat. Boots and basket with flowers not included.

If you love the designs, fabrics, and sheer beauty of 19th and early 20th century women's fashions, this book will be your guide and time machine. It presents over 450 enchanting color photographs of modern-day models wearing the dresses, waists, undergarments, and accessories of this elegant era, including daywear, sportswear, and formalwear. Unusual items such as fancy dress, aesthetic garments, and reform styles are explained and illustrated. This book will help both novice and expert collect... [Read More]

Compelling pictorial archive of 264 vintage photographs, selected from rare tintypes and other authentic materials (1850s–1910), depict little girls in their mothers' hats and clothes, sisters wearing identical plaid dresses and button boots, a young man in an everyday suit and bowler hat, a boy dressed in Little Lord Fauntleroy style, and scores of others.

An Army captain and company fight gunrunners and Seminoles in the Everglades. Directed by Raoul Walsh.

Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective explores the history of toques and top hats, bowlers, and bonnets to add another dimension to understanding your family photographs Fanciful, frilly, and fascinating, women’s hats made a fashion statement. There were hundreds of choices available each season. And they came with names like Leghorns, Gainsborough’s, poke bonnets, and wide-awakes. Home factories produced trim and hats for milliners, while enterprising women raised small birds destined to be s... [Read More]

Discover the antique roots of modern quilting, and take a peek inside Bill Volckening’s quilt collection (from the 1840s to 1970s). Patterned for the first time with full instructions, 12 antique and vintage projects invite you to remake them in your own style with modern techniques, rotary cutting tools, and templates. Learn to appreciate the handwork and character of yesterday’s quilts from an expert who has collected and studied them for more than 25 years.

This is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we believe they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

1) Our fabric: 100% cotton calico (We specialize in producing 100% cotton costumes) ,However, some other sellers sell similar dresses in cheap polyester. Our cotton dresses are worth owning. 2) Package include:dress, white bonnet and white shawl 3) ATTENTION: Please check our size chart in the third image (suggest to order a larger size) 4) Reminder: There is a hidden zipper on the side of the dress, unzip it before putting on. 5) Dressing for School plays or want to dress as a colonial lady th... [Read More]