Monday Morning Mirth
In the late 19th & early 20th Century, thousands of young women moved to urban centers to find careers in business industries.
They wore a uniform of sorts: blouses, skirts & large hats (especially those tremendous straw numbers, the Boater)!
Something else, unexpectedly they had in common?
Reading while walking (and I thought that was a smart phone 21st century phenom)!
…these candid photos are by the chief cartoonist for Punch magazine, Edward Linley Sambourne, circa 1906…
Oh my goodness they are adorable. I can imagine how much work it was for them to keep those white blouses clean and pressed, all by hand too. I think this summer will be the time for a boater for me too. (maybe I am just dreaming of summer so I don’t have to think about all this snow!)