Photo by Ernest Dollar 2010


The Civil War and Beyond
1860-1869

The Lavinia Ruth



A family of round cottage bonnets spanning the late 1840's to the early 1860's.

The Eliza Coretta


A three-piece bonnet with a flared brim,  the Eliza Coretta includes the circle shape, popular in the very early 1860's, and the first high brimmed bonnet which appeared in late in 1861.

The Mildred Augusta


A three-piece bonnet with a flared brim, the Mildred Augusta is the classic fashionable high brimmed bonnet of the 1860’s. 

                                                The Clara Christine



A three-piece bonnet with a flared brim, the Clara Christine appeared in 1864 ending the reign of the high brimmed bonnet.

The Wilhelmina Elizabeth


 

A soft crowned bonnet of the late fifties and early sixties, The Wilhelmina Elizabeth became the popular fanchon introduced in late 1864.

The Dorothea Katherine

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A winter hood popular in the fifties and sixties.

The Lucy Amelia

 




An 1850's-1870's sunbonnet
 

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