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    • Vollick Family Reunion 1939
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    • Toronto School 1953
    • Lambton Park
    • George Syme
    • Brock St. School 1955
    • Ajax PS 1945
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    • St. Mary's Central School
    • Bridgeport 1931
    • Yorkshire School 1940s
    • Ramsgate England
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    • Burlington FIre Brigade 1918
    • Guelph Sports Team
    • Curling 1888
    • Burnham Shield
    • McConnell Club 1954
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Fashion Clues in Men's Clothing

It's pretty exciting to own an ancestor photo from long ago. We may know it is a photo of Great-Grandfather Jacob, but how can we figure out when it was taken? We have an idea when Jacob was born but we can't date the photograph based on his year of birth. Below are some ways to identify approximate dates of antique photos through fashion clues in men's clothing.

There were four types of coats worn in in the Civil War period:

1. Men generally wore a frock coat, their equivalent of today’s casual suit jacket. It was cut straight across at the bottom.
2. The tail coat (where the back of the jacket was longer than the front) was only worn for formal occassions.
3. The cutaway coat was similar to the frock coat except the front was cut so that it flared back instead of being cut straight across. ​
4.The loose fitting sack coat was popular during this period

Most shirt collars were of the “turn down” variety rather than the earlier stand-up typ
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Civil War Era Frock Coat
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Civil War Era Sack Coat
Vests or Shirtcoats were often worn. They could be almost any style and material but in general were cut straight across at the bottom. They had a shawl or notched collar Trousers or pants were cut high on the waist and had button fronts as zippers were not in use at this time. Suspenders were usually worn to hold the trousers up.  ​
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