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Highland collar

Description: Image of a young woman outdoors in ethnic Scottish attire, including knee-length full skirt, bodice with basques and wide white collar and cuffs, tartan plaid buckled sash and stockings, feathered cap with rosette, and black square-toed shoes with buckles; wood fence and plants visible in background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1871-1886
Call number: priJLC_FASH_001624
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.

Highland brace : manufactured by the Nashawannuck M'f'g Co

Visual Materials

Image of a bearded Scottish man wearing traditional Highland dress of a kilt, sporran, hose, Balmoral cap, and sash in tartan plaid; he brandishes a sword and a small round shield against halberd blades visible at left; rocky mountains visible in background; lion holding flag with "N" for Nashawannuck Manufacturing Company with motto, "Trade mark. Labor omnia vincit." in small circular frame at bottom center.

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Kate Carnegie

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Image of an advertisement for Kate Carnegie by Ian MacLaren featuring a blonde woman standing in the countryside wearing a hat and cape lined with Scottish tartan plaid; smoking chimneys from a small number of dwellings among the hills in background.

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[Woman in tartan skirt climbing over fence with golf club]

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Image of a woman wearing a plaid tartan skirt, lace blouse, and a jaunty hat climbing over a wooden fence with a golf golf club in one hand; border of pink ribbon and golf clubs ; two cows in a field at top right.

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American fashions, December, 1883. Published by the Jno. J. Mitchell Co., 830 Broadway, N.Y

Visual Materials

Image of two men indoors, one with a hand resting on a piano, advertising fashions for men; fashion details include tail coat, knee-length jacket, waistcoat, ties, and trousers; accessories include top hat, cane, striped stockings, and gloves; reference key for figures numbered 1-5 in bottom margin.

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American fashions fall and winter 1850 by Genio C. Scott No. 146 Broadway New York

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Image of two vignettes featuring primarily men, also a woman and children outdoors with a dog; fashion details include women's riding habit with full skirt and jacket bodice, men's cloaks, frock coats and jackets worn with waistcoats and cravats, and trousers for both men and boys; children's coats worn with lace petticoats and gaiters; hunting/sporting attire, including plaid jacket, cap and rifle; accessories include top hats, canes, children's caps and fez hats, and a woman's veil; reference key for figures numbered 1-20 in margin.

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American fashions fall and winter 1854&5 by Genio C. Scott, No. 156 Broadway New York

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Image of two vignettes featuring men, women, and children outdoors with horses; fashion details include full skirts for women, child's knee-length skirt with coat and gaiters, men's day and evening wear, cloaks, frock coats and jackets worn with waistcoats and cravats, and slim trousers for both men and boys; riding attire including riding habit with jacket bodice, tail coats, pantaloons, and boots; accessories include top hats, canes, riding crops, gloves, feathered hats, mantle, and boys' caps; reference key for figures numbered 1-20 in margin.

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Highland collar

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