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Civil War - Woman's Photograph
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Unidentified woman, Civil War period, Wenderoth and Taylor studio, Pennsylvania. About 1860-1865.

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Notice the ruffles down the front of the dress, the fabric gathered into the waistline, and, in the second picture below, the ruffles running down the sleeve and on the end of the sleeve.

Civil War costume - detail of waist and sleeve - hoop skirt
Images from an original CDV, circa 1860s.
Photographer: Wenderoth and Taylor.
Images © Jone Lewis 2001.

Images from an original CDV, circa 1860s.
Photographer: Wenderoth and Taylor.
Images © Jone Lewis 2001.

Original full image

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