Content: Printed on border: "Harper's new monthly magazine." "144." "Traveling costume.--Straw flat plainly trimmed with ribbon. Dress of the thinner species of poplin, or any desired material. If preferred, the sleeves may be flowing, being cut to match the design, with gauntlets. The skirt is single." "Dinner cap.--Double frills of black and white lace over a maize ribbon, edged with black; the front and crown are hollow rolls of lace, with lozenges of black, narrow taffeta ribbon; the crown has ruffles to match, and a bow with floats." Written on border: "June 1859." Includes additional unrelated text.
Source Note: Harper''s magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 22 x 13 cm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17122151
Barcode: 33333159223557
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 836be080-c542-012f-8f30-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1859

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Traveling costume ; Dinner cap" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1859. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/836be080-c542-012f-8f30-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1859). Traveling costume ; Dinner cap Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/836be080-c542-012f-8f30-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Traveling costume ; Dinner cap" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/836be080-c542-012f-8f30-58d385a7bc34

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