Real Taxidermied Bird on a Fashionable Hat, 1890s - Unique Carte de Visite - 1890s Fashion Burr_truss - The Signal Lanterns of

- The Signal Lanterns of Paul Revere Displayed in the Steeple of this Church April 18 1775 Warned the Country of the March of the British Troops to Lexington and Concord

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She wears a beautiful

Formal First Communion Portrait of a Girl In Communion Dress And Veil

1957 from San Diego

Real Taxidermied Bird on a Fashionable Hat, 1890s - Unique Carte de Visite - 1890s Fashion Burr_truss - The Signal Lanterns ofThis fashionable lady is dressed to the nines in turn of the century hat! Well to do ladies in the 1890s wore elaborate, sculptural hats many of which featured actual bird feathers or the whole bird! Look closely, you can see this lady has adorned her hat with a taxidermied bird, likely a dove! Despite the macabre nature of this fad, ladies' fashion at this time conveyed feminine values through light, delicate, and often elaborate fashion as seen in