Land of Lincoln Readers: Civil War Fashions
Date: Thu. June 18, 2009
Time: 6:30 pm
Location:
Chinatown
2353 S. Wentworth Avenue
60616
Program: Summer Reads for Adults
About this event:
What did people wear during the Civil War era? Did women really wear corsets and hoop skirts? How did they keep cool in the summer? Nineteenth Century fashion historian Caroline Goldthorpe will discuss the fashions and everyday clothing of the 1860s, both in Illinois and the rest of the country.
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