Daily History Picture: Nineteenth-Century Teacher February 4, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures , trackback
Colorised image, beautiful face
25 Feb 2016: it has been pointed out multiple times now that this is not a 19 cent teacher but probably Edwardian. Leif can speak for all those readers who objected:
The Nineteenth century teacher photograph is lovely, but do double check the date. Women wore long hair throughout the 19th century, and bobbed hair didn’t become the fashion until after WWI (at least here in the US). Even then it was considered a bit risqué– an image which certainly doesn’t fit a schoolmarm. Based on the hair and dress, I would date this picture sometime between 1925 and 1930. My mother and aunt both taught school in the late 1930s, and the dresses they wore appear a bit more modern than the wide embroidered collar and cuffs on this teacher’s blouse.
Leif is certainly right!
