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Godey's Lady's Book - Women's Fashions, 1860s Style

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Godey's Lady's Book - About 1863
Godey's Lady's Book - 1863

Godey's Lady's Book - 1863

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Hoop skirts were the fashion in the mid-1860s. Illustration is by Copewell and Kimmler.

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