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Cabinet Photo

Posted by peter cook on 27/8/2026, 3:22 pm

Another old cabinet photo. Photographer was J. Downey & Sons, Eldon Street, South Shields. Photo dates from circa 1885.

Re: Cabinet Photo

Posted by Maria on 27/8/2026, 4:09 pm, in reply to "Cabinet Photo"

Elegant lady .No dry cleaners you could not wash a dress like that just put back in the wardrobe till the next time very nice photo thanks .

Re: Cabinet Photo

Posted by Liz Dance on 27/8/2026, 4:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Cabinet Photo"

So much detail has gone into the dresses that the ladies on these cabinet photos are wearing, these were probably day dresses can you imagine what the evening dresses must have looked like?

Re: Cabinet Photo

Posted by Maria on 27/8/2026, 5:09 pm, in reply to "Re: Cabinet Photo"

Imagine they would be beautiful,Very small waists they must have felt lovely walking around wander if they had hooped under skirts, How fashion over the years has changed nice to go back in time.

Re: Cabinet Photo

Posted by Sheila on 27/8/2026, 7:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Cabinet Photo"

And imagine, all the beautiful dresses we see are hand sewn.

Re: Cabinet Photo

Posted by Liz Dance on 27/8/2026, 9:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Cabinet Photo"

Yes hand sewn dresses, imagine sewing crinoline dresses and the like must have taken weeks to make.

A bit of useless information apparently the Langham Hilton in London when built made sure its corridors were wide enough so that ladies in crinoline dresses could walk through them without their dresses touching walls, imagine an architect thinking about that?

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