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19th Century Clothing (Historic Communities) [Hardcover]

Bobbie Kalman (Author), Antoinette Debiasi (Illustrator)
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February 1993 10 and up5 and upHistoric Communities
Bobbie Kalman's acclaimed Historic Communities Series provides a close-up view of how people lived more than two hundred years ago. Colorful photos, many taken by Bobbie Kalman herself at restored historic villages across the country, help support the fascinating information. Children will have fun learning about:
-- early homes and the settler community
-- what people wore and the crafts they made
-- how settlers made their living
-- how they spent their leisure time
-- the values, customs, and traditions of the early settlers

Ready-made clothing was not always available to the settlers moving westward. Many people dyed, spun, and wove wool and flax to make the cloth from which they sewed their clothes. People worked hard and wore practical clothing. This intriguing book provides young readers with information on:
-- different fashions
-- how clothes were made
-- underwear and footwear
-- hairstyles and hats
-- how to make your own pioneer outfit


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19th Century Clothing is every bit as delightful as its eighteenth-century counterpart -- Joan Payzant, CM, Sept. 1993

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Taken from Chapter 10: Sportswear The first bathing suitsIn the 1860s doctors began promoting bathing in lakes and oceans as an aid to good health. The first bathing suits for women were made up of baggy trousers, over which a large, belted cotton shirt was worn. A net or bathing cap kept the hair in place. Men's bathing suits consisted of shorts and a short-sleeved shirt.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company (February 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0865054932
  • ISBN-13: 978-0865054936
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,994,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars wanting more, August 7, 2008
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J. Stout (Portsmouth, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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I didn't have a problem with the book, per se, but I wish there were more detailed captioned to place the garments at a particular year or decade. Also missing was information about the type of person, urban vs. rural or wealthy vs. working class, would wear particular clothing. The American is mixed with the British and Continental with no distinctions made to geography. Most of the attire was geared towards what the upper classes wore, while scant attention is given to regular, everyday clothes of average people. That makes it much less useful for me as a teaching tool. I had hoped to be able to use as a reference for students to be able to use as a jumping off point for making their own illustrations of historic events or perhaps keying it to historical fiction, something beyond Little House.

The book has some high points, but I still wanted more. For example, the section on underwear will surely thrill kids of all ages, however, each garment is shown separately on a page with different types of underclothes from different styles of the century, so it was difficult even for me as an adult to exactly determine, for example, which type of drawers would go with which crinoline. My daughter loves to make paper dolls, but this book had little to offer that isn't done elsewhere in more detail... for example, with the American Girl paper doll collection.

Definitely lacking is the section on women's hairstyles. It is impossible to even figure out how to begin to re-create any of the hairstyles, which are only shown from one perspective, the front.

The section at the end of the book about living history really didn't fit. The reader is inspired to re-create period dress, but there just isn't enough meat in the reference sections of the book to do it.
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