tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post2135084224935973610..comments2024-03-13T21:06:16.936-04:00Comments on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: An Older Woman in Her GloryOlive Tree Genealogyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-68783427528004449742009-02-17T19:05:00.000-05:002009-02-17T19:05:00.000-05:00A wonderful photo, thank you Lorine, showing so ma...A wonderful photo, thank you Lorine, showing so many characteristic aspects of costume from that era.<BR/><BR/>As you say, it's common in old photos that an older woman is wearing clothes that are perhaps not quite the latest fashion. The photograph appears to be a typical carte de visite from the early to mid-1860s. If I am correct in the cdv assumption, then it certainly won't be from before Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-88955045728754570452009-02-11T07:44:00.000-05:002009-02-11T07:44:00.000-05:00Hi everyone - it's a great photo, I wish I knew wh...Hi everyone - it's a great photo, I wish I knew who the lady was. Everything about her is an older woman having her photo taken in the early 1860s but wearing fashion from the 1850s! The full sleeves tapering in at the wrist, the layered full bell shaped skirt, the drop shoulders, her hair in short curls covering her ears. The lacy gloves are the fancy gloves that covered only part of her Olive Tree Genealogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381110998759242462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-20920095119538769132009-02-11T02:36:00.000-05:002009-02-11T02:36:00.000-05:00Wonderful image. Her lacy gloves or mitts might be...Wonderful image. Her lacy gloves or mitts might be from earlier too. Interesting as she is so well dressed but her fingers do look as if she has had to work hard in her life, don't you think?M. Diane Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081926719011983394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-18846628708366267452009-02-10T22:35:00.000-05:002009-02-10T22:35:00.000-05:00What exquisite detail in her dress. And it looks ...What exquisite detail in her dress. And it looks like she is wearing (partial?) gloves?Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-27785043589632822942009-02-10T22:24:00.000-05:002009-02-10T22:24:00.000-05:00What a wonderful picture; she looks so intimidatin...What a wonderful picture; she looks so intimidating!Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04625105591596765120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8641680.post-20516186225151628392009-02-10T21:17:00.000-05:002009-02-10T21:17:00.000-05:00Beautiful!Beautiful!Miriam Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021845886261585678noreply@blogger.com