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The Young Ladies Of Brooklyn Society |
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The
Young
Ladies
were
sent to
the
finest
boarding
and
finishing
schools,
taught
etiquette,
music
and
dance
lessons,
to be
properly
trained
in
widening
their
acquaintance
with the
Brooklyn
Fashionable
Society
of New
York.
Witness
the
social
triumph
of these
young
ladies
as they
are
introduced
to
Society.
From the
moment
she is
born,
the
mother
prepares
her
daughter
to be a
true
gentlewoman
and to
marry
well.
Her
coming
out
meant a
young
woman
completed
her
education
and was
officially
available
on the
marriage
mart."
"Bank
accounts
were
studied
and
ancestral
lineages
inspected,
if both
were met
with
approval,
then the
engagement
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Private, Boarding Schools For Young Ladies-1891 |
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Private, Boarding Schools For Young Ladies: 1893-1894 |
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Private, Boarding Schools For Young Ladies: 1895 |
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Private, Boarding Schools For Young Ladies: 1910 |
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Private, Boarding Schools For Young Ladies: Brooklyn 1883 |
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Lectures To Young Women: Female Education by William G. Eliot Jr. 1854 Pages 100-132 |
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An After Dinner Music Scene
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The Banjo and Young Ladies of High Society |
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Dancing Schools and Academies |
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Cotillion Dance |
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Street Swing Dance History Archives |
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Street Swing Dance History Archives |
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Street Swing Dance History Archives |
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Dance Favors: New Cotillion Favors For the Season, Harper's Bazaar 1899
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Etiquette For Elderly Girls |
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Presentation At Court-English Society |
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Debutante Bouquets: Their Uses and Their Abuses 1884 |
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Debutantes Introduced to Brooklyn Society 1900 |
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Debutante Tid-Bits Brooklyn Society |
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The Dress Of The Debutante A Thing of Beauty |
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Fashion for The Young Ladies Of The Brooklyn Society World
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"All
Victorian
ladies
by which
we mean
women of
sufficient
means to
be able
to
follow
fashion,
wore
roughly
the same
types of
garments
during
the
course
of the
nineteenth
century.
What
changed
was the
cut,
construction
and
materials."
The
Young
Ladies
of
Brooklyn
Society
were
known
for
their
beauty
and
lovely
gowns. |
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Corsets From Lord and Taylor Department Store Catalog
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Corset Advertisements From 1900-1914
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History of Hairstyles of The Victorian Era
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History of Hair Jewelry in Victorian America
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Ladies Bonnets: 1850's-1860's
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Is a Hat A Frivolous Accessory Or A Necessity?
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Fashion in the 1830s and '40s
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The Crinolan Era, Fashion in the 1850s and '60s
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The Busle Era, Fashion in the 1870's and '80s
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1878 Ball & Bridal Dresses
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New York Fashions: Spring Skirts and Tailored Costumes-Harpers Bazaar
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Victorian Garden Hat, Hoods & Gloves June 29,
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Victorian Dress Ensembles
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Premier Design Historic Clothing |
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Ladies Bloomers, Jackets and Vests
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Premier Design Historic Clothing |
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Ladies Petticoats and Gloves
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Premier Design Historic Clothing |
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Late 19th and Early 20th Century Ladies' Dress Glossary
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The Young Ladies Of Brooklyn Society: Flirtation , Courtship, Engagement and Marriage |
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Courtship
advanced
by
gradations,
with
couples
first
speaking,
then
walking
out
together
and
finally
keeping
company
after
mutual
attraction
had been
confirmed.
A
Gentleman
had to
take
care in
the
early
stages
of
courtship.
As soon
as he
and she
have
definitely
made up
their
minds
that
they
want to
marry
each
other,
it is
the
immediate
duty of
the man
to go to
the
girl’s
father
or her
guardian,
and ask
his
consent.
At some
time
before
the
wedding,
it is
customary
for the
two
families
to meet
each
other.
After
the
mothers
are
satisfied
that
their
daughters
are
marrying
into
money or
lineage,
usually
trading
one for
the
other,
they
compete
by
displaying
their
wealth
through
lavish
spending
on
decorations,
entertainment,
and by
sending
out
invitations
to
society's
elite.
Of
course
the
young
beautiful
lady
will
wear a
wedding
gown
which
will be
the
latest
fashion
from
Paris,
all
white
satin
and lace
flounces
with a
tulle
veil--and
an
orange
blossom
bouquet. |
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Victorian Romance and Relationships |
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Manners For Women Part I-As A Single Woman |
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Manners for Women--Part Two--Courtship and Marriage |
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Language of the Fan |
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The Lady And Her Parasol |
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Language of Victorian Flowers |
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Engagement Rings and Wedding Rings |
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First Preparations Before A Wedding |
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Weddings After Easter |
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Summer Weddings |
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Autumn Weddings |
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Before Wedding and After |
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The Trousseau |
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Marriage In The Society World |
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The Etiquette of Weddings |
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Wedding Superstitions |
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The Most Fabulous Wedding Dresses Ever Created |
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The Day Of The Wedding |
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| Sub Section: |
The Women of Brooklyn's Fashionable Society |
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"Marriage
signified
a
woman's
maturity
and
respectability,
but
motherhood
was
confirmation
that she
had
entered
the
world of
womanly
virtue
and
female
fulfillment."
The
women of
society
would
take
their
social
obligations
seriously
attending
weddings,
balls,
dinners
and
private
receptions,
as well
as
making
the
necessary
calls on
friends
and
relatives.
Tea Time
was an
opportunity
for the
hostesses,
to
display
their
finest
silverware
and
china
serving
tea to
friends
in the
late
afternoon.
These
"tea
parties"
quickly
became a
popular
social
event,
where
women
could
share
conversation
and the
latest
gossip,
on the
most
recent
news of
Brooklyn
as well
as the
Manhattan
Society
World.
As usual
it was
especially
interesting
to hear
about
the
scandals
from the
other
side of
the
bridge. |
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Status Of A Married Woman In American Society 1898 |
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For Better, For Worse 1906 Englishwoman vs American Women |
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Where New Year Hospitalities Will Be Extended. December 31 1888 Ltrs. A-B |
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Where New Year Hospitalities Will Be Extended. December 31 1888 Ltrs. C-D |
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Where New Year Hospitalities Will Be Extended. December 31 1888 Ltrs. E-G |
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Where New Year Hospitalities Will Be Extended. December 31 1888 Ltrs. H-K |
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Where New Year Hospitalities Will Be Extended. December 31 1888 Ltrs. L-M |
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Where New Year Hospitalities Will Be Extended. December 31 1888 Ltrs. N-S |
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Where New Year Hospitalities Will Be Extended. December 31 1888 Ltrs. T-Z |
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Where New Year Hospitalities Will Not Be Extended 1888 |
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Four Pretty Weddings Attended By Society 1888 |
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| Transcriber: |
Miriam Medina |
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| Article Name: |
Brooklyn Society Gossip#1 |
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Brooklyn Heights Related Wedding 1879 |
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Brooklyn Society Gossip #2 |
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Social Gossip of South Brooklyn Society 1896 |
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Brooklyn Heights Society Leader, Miss Koop Kills Herself 1893 |
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Suicide of C.J. Vanderbilt: Shoots Himself In The Head |
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Find Mrs. Lorillard Jr. Dead In Bathroom: Coroner's Verdict, Suicide Part I |
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Find Mrs. Lorillard Jr. Dead In Bathroom: Coroner's Verdict, Suicide Part II |
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Notes Put In Coffin With Mrs. Lorillard Jr. |
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Notable Society Events In Brooklyn Fashionable Society 1886 |
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A Shock To Wall Street 1885 Part I |
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A Shock To Wall Street 1885 Part II |
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Rich Mrs. Provost Married To A Negro 1897 |
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A Tiff In An Art Gallery: Mrs. Paran Stevens Sued 1887 |
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Divorces In the World of Prominent Society People |
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The Sanford White Murder |
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| Sub Section: |
The Brooklyn Women of Society: A Fashionable Shop Till You Drop! |
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For the
women of
Society
"dressing
for
status,
as an
outward
expression
of
wealth,"
is
essential.
Her
choice
of
fashionable
clothes,
accessories
and body
adornment
indicate
that she
has
sufficient
status
in
society
to
afford
its
maintenance
of
cleanliness
and
neatness.
In their
desire
for
group
affiliation,
these
idle
women
spend
their
lives
and
fortunes,
absorbed
in the
rigors
of
shopping
for the
latest
fashions,
whether
in Paris
or
elsewhere.
And
where
do you
suppose are the
men of
society?
Why working
of
course,
to pay
for
their
wives
and
daughter's
extravagant
fashionable
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Fashionable Shopping |
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Costly Thy Habit |
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Incongruities of Dress |
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1700-1799 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1800-1829 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1840-1859 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1860-1869 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1870-1876 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1877-1882 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1883-1889 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1890-1899 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1900-1909 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1910-1919 Bissonnette On Costume |
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1894 Vintage Promenade Gown |
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1903 Vintage Grey Etamine Afternoon Gown |
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Mid-Late Victorian Fashion 1860-1901 |
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Hairstyles Of The Victorian Era |
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Dressing The Victorian Woman |
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1874 Bustled Dinner Gown |
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The Young Men of Brooklyn Society: The Bachelors |
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The
bachelor
sons of
the
wealthy
men of
society,
may
choose
to
remain
as such,
rather
than
commit
themselves
to the
responsibility
of a
wife,
which
can
become
quite
costly
with her
extravagance
of
irrational
expenses,
while
others
lament
or make
the
excuse
that
they
have not
found a
suitable
feminine
partner.
Some of
these
young
men lead
useless
and
unproductive
lives
carousing
with
their
acquaintances
till the
wee
hours of
the
morning,
while
papa is
occupied
amassing
his huge
personal
fortune.
As long
as his
bleary-eyed,
shaky-hand
son puts
in an
appearance
at the
office
in the
morning,
papa is
quite
content
with
that.
Yet
there
are
other
young
men,
that
choose
to
follow
in their
father's
footsteps,
winning
success
for
themselves
on their
own
merits. |
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Our Rich Young Men, An Evil Reformed 1854 English vs. American |
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Sons Of Powerful Financial Men Win Success For Themselves |
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Etiquette Advice to the Bachelors That Entertain |
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The Bachelor's Ball |
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Dance of the Bachelor |
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A Gentleman's Behavior |
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The Etiquette of Calling |
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Portrait of A Gentleman |
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The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness |
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Manners For Men: As A Single Man 1800's-Part I |
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Manners For Men: Courtship and Marriage-Part II |
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The Man's Attire |
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"The
dress of
a
gentleman
should
be such
as not
to
excite
any
special
observation,
unless
it be
for
neatness
and
propriety.
The
utmost
care
should
be
exercised
to avoid
even the
appearance
of
desiring
to
attract
attention
by the
peculiar
formation
of any
article
of
attire,
or by
the
display
of an
immoderate
quantity
of
jewelry,
both
being a
positive
evidence
of
vulgarity.
His
dress
should
be
studiously
neat,
leaving
no other
impression
than
that of
a well
dressed
gentleman."
Martine's
Handbook
of
Etiquette,
1866 |
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Men's Fashion Late 1800's |
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