Fashionable folks
Subtitle: hairstyles, 1840-1900
By: Maureen A. Taylor
Publisher: Picture Perfect Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [United States?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780578034904
Subjects: Hairstyles; History; Clothing and dress; Pictorial works; Photographs in genealogy
Other titles: Hairstyles, 1840-1900
Description: Genealogist and photo identification/preservation expert reveals information you can learn from family photographs about a person's fashion sense and character. Taylor writes for those interested in using "this handy guide to study the tresses and trims in your ancestral portraits and learn when different hairstyles and facial hair were in vogue." Her analysis of sample photographs from each decade illustrates how people can use "clues of clothing and hairstyles ... [to] discover when those pictures were taken, how old the subjects were at the time, and how wealthy they were." Includes "fast facts" and "fun facts" about hair styles through the 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Fast facts; title: Fun facts; title: 1840-early 1850s; title: 1850-1860; title: 1860-1870; title: 1870-1880; title: 1880-1890; title: 1890-1900.