Sepia Saturday

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This week Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share images inspired by the photo above. I went on a hunt at the Library of Congress for bevies of beauty. Here's what I found.


Ukiyo-e prints are one of my favorite forms of art


Hosoda, Eishi, Artist. Sumiyoshi Odori. Japan, None. [Between 1791 and 1793] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008660549/.

Three Women. , 1879. Nov. 7. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004669495/.

American Colony . Photo Department, photographer. Bethlehem Women. West Bank Bethlehem, None. [Between 1898 and 1914] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019694918/.


Thomson, J, photographer. Group of Chinese women. Shanghai China, None. [Between 1870 and 1872] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011660127/.


Fashions for Women. , 1894. [United States: publisher not transcribed] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018695641/.

Quarterly report of metropolitan fashions. Herbst. , 1895. [New York: publisher not transcribed] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018695681/.

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  1. Monica T.January 9, 2022 at 2:47 AM

    Love the fashion images - but how uncomfortable most of those clothes look... Makes me understand why wealthy women of the past needed lady's maids, though!!! :)

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    1. smkelly8January 9, 2022 at 8:44 PM

      You couldn't put on these clothes without help. I suppose the maids helped each other and poorer women had sisters. Kimonos aren't at all easy to put on.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2022 at 2:15 PM

    Quite the variety of style in your images.

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  3. Mike BrubakerJanuary 9, 2022 at 6:27 PM

    A splendid medley of fashions. I recently watched a YouTube video of a Japanese master print maker that demonstrated the intricate steps used to produce multi-colored prints like your first image. Its fascinating to see both the wood carving and the block printing.

    I believe The Three Women print shows three women competing in "race walking". It was a fad in the 1870s-80s that sometimes, at least for men, went on for days in a kind of endurance test. I suspect betting was involved.

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    1. smkelly8January 9, 2022 at 8:47 PM

      You've enlightened me. Thanks! I'll look for that video. When I lived in Japan, a friend, another American, competed in a kimono contest where the winner did the best job putting one on. A local woman trained her and my friend won the regional contest in the foreigners category.

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    2. smkelly8January 9, 2022 at 8:48 PM

      You've enlightened me. Thanks! I'll look for that video. When I lived in Japan, a friend, another American, competed in a kimono contest where the winner did the best job putting one on. A local woman trained her and my friend won the regional contest in the foreigners category.

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  4. La NightingailJanuary 11, 2022 at 10:04 PM

    All are interesting and well-chosen photos, but I especially liked the 1890s fashion shots. Sometimes you really have to wonder about fashion designers and the crazy things they come up with - and the fact that women fall for them no matter how ridiculous they look. :)

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