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Dressing Children in the 19th Century

Special | 54m 17sVideo has Closed Captions

Leslie Bellais focuses on the changing style of children’s clothing in the early 1800s.

Aired 03/01/2016 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Dressing Children in the 19th Century

Special | 54m 17sVideo has Closed Captions

Leslie Bellais focuses on the changing style of children’s clothing in the early 1800s.

Leslie Bellais, Curator of Social History at the Wisconsin Historical Society, discusses the changes in attitudes about children’s clothing beginning in the late 1700s. Instead of dressing young children as miniature adults, clothing which allowed children more freedom of movement became the fashion.

Aired 03/01/2016 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Dressing Children in the 19th Century

Special | 54m 17sVideo has Closed Captions

Leslie Bellais, Curator of Social History at the Wisconsin Historical Society, discusses the changes in attitudes about children’s clothing beginning in the late 1700s. Instead of dressing young children as miniature adults, clothing which allowed children more freedom of movement became the fashion.

Aired 03/01/2016 | Rating TV-G

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