Family Tree Forum Costume Gallery 1910s
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General Everyday Clothing
| 1910 | |
| This photo shows the younger ladies wearing simple skirts and blouses. Often they were worn with a straw boater or wide brimmed hats for very special occasions. I think Grandma was left back in the 1890's!! |
| 1910 | |
| Notice the exposed neck instead of the high necked blouses favoured around that time. |
| C1910 | |
| James Pollard born Apr 1889 in Dublin city Ireland.
I'm guessing that he was aged about 21 when this photo was taken. |
| 1910 | |
| "Best wishes Christmas 1910" was written on the back of this card. |
| c1911 | |
| Joseph is living with his sister and brother in Law in Drumcondra, Dublin on the 1911 Ireland census aged 24 |
| c1912 | |
| They have dressed in their best clothes for the photographer. The mother's hairstyle is given volume by the means of pads usually made of horsehair and often known as "rats". |
| 1913 | |
| The seated, older lady favours a more structured blouse with a high collar while her stepdaughters favour soft collars and a less corseted look. Harty (right) has a more masculine style, her tie has a tiepin with an "H", she also wears a wristwatch. |
| 1913 | |
| The eldest sister (left) keeps a high collar while her younger sisters prefer lower collars. |
| 1913 | |
| Note that the mother still has a high collar whilst her daughter is wearing a softer lower collar. |
| 1913 | |
| My 2x great grandparents, Thomas and Alice Violet Connelly are sitting at the front. See how the daughters all have shorter sleeves whilst their mother wears longer sleeves |
| 1915 | |
| c1915 | |
| The older couple are my 2x great grandparents, George Edwin and Jane Ann Gregory. Their daughter, Elizabeth Jane is far left and she is my great grandmother. |
| 1916 | |
| Kate Amelia Slater (nee Jerome) |
| 1917 | |
| Baby girl aged 1 year, boy aged 3 years. |
| 1917 | |
| Beatrice aged 33 has mixed the newer fashion of soft collared more open necked blouse with a high necked lace or net one underneath, maybe just for "modesty" as her husband was 20 years her senior. |
| 1918 | |
| c1919 | |
| My grandmother and her children, in their normal everyday clothes. |
Hats and Accessories
| 1913 | |
| Ladies watches had previously been on a chain or worn as brooches. |
| c1916 | |
| c1919 | |
Uniforms
| C1910 | |
| Born June 1893. We think the photo would be taken 1910 or 1911 in Portsmouth, just before he joined the Navy in June 1911. |
| My Grandfather Arthur Richard Horne served with the Royal Fusiliers 1914 - 1918. He is pictured 2nd man from the left, 2nd row. He was killed in action 1918. |
| 1914-1918 | |
| My grandfather William Dutton, born 1883, back right. RAF Flying Corps uniform. 1st World War. |
| 1914-1918 | |
| My grandfather, William Dutton is 3rd from left, 2nd row from back. Pictured in RAF Flying Corps uniform. 1st World War. |
| c1916 | |
| William Slater. |
| c1916 | |
| Lawrence Crisp, Sapper in the Royal Engineers served 1916-19. This photograph was taken in Liverpool. |
| 1915-1917 | |
| Private Broughton Abbott, enlisted 25 April 1915, died 27 July 1917 near Calais. |
| c1916 | |
| Herbert Edward Crisp (seated) served 1916-1919. This was taken in France, the back just has "Carte Postale" on. His unpolished boots are worn with the spurs which are still in his son's possession. The rough chair and visible floorboards suggest that the photo was taken under the difficult conditions of the time. |
| 1918 | |
| My grandfather, seated RHS. Photo taken in Egypt. |
| c1919 | |
Workwear
| c1916 | |
| He wears fingerless gloves and sleeveless leather jerkin over his jacket. |
Wedding Attire
| 1912 | |
| English wedding in 1912. |
| 1913 | |
| My uncles aunt Maud Gilligans wedding to Robert Fisher in York 1913ish. |
| 1914 | |
| 1917 | |
| 1917 | |
| My Grandparents were married at St Johns Parish Church, Ipswich, on 5 March 1917.
This was typical dress for a working class wedding. If the groom was in the forces then he would wear his uniform not a suit |
| 1917 | |
| The bridesmaids are wearing very simply cut dresses and
the elder ones are wearing mopcaps instead of hats. |
Childrens Clothing
| This little girl was raised in Canada. |
| 1911 | |
| Clearly a group of Children, Presumably taken at school. The Diversity of Clothing is interesting, particularly that of the boys. |
| 1911 | |
| Some of my late Dad's older siblings taken c.1911
The youngest one in the photo was my uncle Leslie who was born Dec 1909 |
| 1911 | |
| This Picture was taken on Wimbledon Common. |
| c1912 | |
| 1913 | |
| 1913 | |
| 1914 | |
| 1914 | |
| 1914 | |
| 1914 | |
| My Mother in Law Ada Marjorie Thomas and her baby sister Grace Ellen Thomas. |
| 1916 | |
| My Dad Vernon looking at a picture of his parents Arthur & Grace. |
| 1916 | |
| 1917 | |
| The child in the middle is a boy. |
| c1917 | |
| c1918 | |
| 1918 | |
| c1918 | |
| Christ's Hospital School, Horsham has a similar uniform with yellow stockings. |
Other
| 1910 | |
| Sunday Best. |
| 1912 | |
| Dressed in their Sunday best, this picture was taken following the wedding of the Gentleman on the right, hence the wearing of buttonholes. |
| c1914 | |
| They were married at the end of 1915. |
| c1914/1915 | |
| Photo taken just before he was shipped out to France. |
| 1916 | |
| The Christening of Muriel Gleaves. |
| c1917 | |
| 1917 | |
| The father wears a uniform of the 2nd Battalion Royal Devonshire Regiment. This was the last time his wife & sons saw him before he was killed in action in France and awarded the Military Medal posthumously. The boys are aged 4 and 2 years, dressed in typical of the day matching 'Sunday best' sailor suits. |
| 1918 | |
| Celebration at the end of the 1st World War in North London. Working class Families. My father is the little chap at the back with a white collar, aged 10. Note the aspidistra on table to the left and how few men were there. |
| 1918 | |
| Sunday Best
My grandmother and her first four children. My father was born the following year. |
