Large hats and long dresses were all the fashion for women in the 1900s. Ankles were rarely seen. During the War limits on materials, the more sombre mood, and increasing numbers of women working led to more practical, less frilly and flamboyant clothing.
Queensland Museum holds over 1000 of Bert Roberts' plate glass negatives and prints from the era.
Historical Enquiry Questions
Study the clothes the five women are wearing. Use the Wikimedia magnifying glass to highlight the dress designs and motifs.
1. Why do you think this photograph was taken?
2. Where do you think the women might be going?
3. During what era do you think this photograph was taken?
4. Who do you think these women might be?
5. What rules about dress and fashion do you think these women followed?
6. Why do you think the girl is wearing a short dress, while the women are wearing longer dresses?
7. Make a list of the similarities and differences between the clothes worn today and those in the photograph
8. Describe the hairstyles of the four older women.
The original image is public domain. The plate glass negative is owned by Queensland Museum. Digitisation of this image is licensed under CC BY SA 3.0.
This image has been digitised by the Queensland Museum, and provided to the Wikimedia Commons as part of a cooperation project. The original image is in the public domain, but the Queensland Museum asserts copyright over the digitisation process, and has released the digitisation itself under CC-BY-SA-3.0. In the United States and other jurisdictions that do not implement the sweat of the brow doctrine, these images are in the public domain.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (Australia) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
For background information, see the explanations on Non-U.S. copyrights. The photo was created before 1946, so the Australian copyright of 50 years since creation of the photo had already expired by the time the URAA entered in force in the U.S.
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