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Young woman dressed in a suit, c. 1915

Fort Collins Fashions Through the Decades

    1870     1880     1890     1900     1910     1920     1930     1940     1950     1960     1970     1980     1990

This on-line tour of Fort Collins Fashions focuses on a few selected photographs that portray the clothing styles worn by the community’s elite, as well as the clothing worn by the average working family. Most of these photographs were chosen by Leslie Vollnagle in 1993 to be used for her graduate project in Historic Clothing and Textiles at Colorado State University. The Archive’s collection of biographical photographs is an excellent resource for historic clothing research projects; and many of these photographs can now be searched on-line. Links to other resources related to this topic are also provided on this page.
1850s
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Image H04455
c.1856


1870s
Slideshow
Image H05383
c.1870s
Image H00001
c.1870s
Image H02607
c.1873
Image H03757
c.1879
Image H01476
c.1879


1880s
Slideshow
Image H02031
c.1880
Image H05309
c.1884
Image H02836
c.1885
Image H08038
c.1886
Image H01584
c.1886
Image H01469
c.1887
Image H01672
c.1887
Image H01948
c.1888
Image H10228
c.1880s
Image H01694
c.1880s


1890s
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Image H00862
c.1890
Image H01530
c.1890
Image H00324
c.1890
Image H00211
c.1890
Image H02196
c.1890
Image H02912
c.1893
Image H02300
c.1894
Image H10106
c.1894
Image H09837
c.1895
Image H00273
c.1895
Image H02301
c.1895
Image H01176
c.1895
Image H14556
c.1895
Image H01407
c.1895
Image H00383
c.1895
Image H04161
c.1895
Image H01671
c.1895
Image H10117
c.1896
Image H02199
c.1896
Image H11621
c.1897
Image H08079
c.1897
Image H04841
c.1897
Image H00336
c.1897
Image H00325
c.1897
Image H00325
c.1898
Image H01580
c.1898
Image H10965
c.1890s


1900s
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Image H07975
c.1900
Image H00006
c.1900
Image H01354
c.1900
Image H04399
c.1900
Image H01024
c.1900
Image H20875
c.1900
Image H04232
c.1900
Image H14560
c.1900
Image H09621
c.1900
Image H09761
c.1900
Image H02849
c.1900
Image H00073
c.1900
Image H03214A
c.1900
Image H03306B
c.1900
Image H22025
c.1900
Image H07735
c.1900
Image H02688
c.1900
Image H00515
c.1901
Image H00816
c.1901-02
Image H02192
c.1903
Image H00163
c.1904
Image H09321
c.1904
Image H01504
c.1905
Image H00227
c.1905
Image H01514
c.1905
Image H11014
c.1905
Image H01868
c.1906
Image H02302
c.1906-07
Image H01508
c.1907-12
Image H09277
c.1907
Image H01522
c.1908
Image H00216
c.1908
Image H10892
c.1908
Image H05989
c.1909
Image H17368
c.1909


1910s
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Image H00690
c.1910
Image H11428
c.1910
Image H11336
c.1910
Image H07858
c.1910
Image H09764
c.1912
Image H10243
c.1913
Image H11583
c.1913
Image H00769
c.1914
Image H00281
c.1914
Image H00638
c.1914
Image H02774
c.1914-15
Image H01834
c.1915
Image H05400
c.1915
Image H06329
c.1915
Image H00815
c.1916
Image H07427
c.1916
Image H07579
c.1916
Image H06842
c.1917
Image H03147
c.1917


1920s
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Image H00155
c.1920
Image H14577
c.1920
Image H09772
c.1920
Image H08096a
c.1921
Image H00687a
c.1922
Image H11401
c.1922-23
Image 17547
c.1924
Image H12384
c.1924
Image H03434
c.1925
Image H08929
c.1925
Image H10233
c.1925-27
Image H03335
c.1926
Image H06186
c.1927
Image H10780
c.1927
Image H11238
c.1927
Image H00573
c.1929


1930s
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Image H11422
c.1930
Image H05494
c.1930
Image H05880
c.1930
Image m09417A
c.1930
Image H09785
c.1931
Image H11546
c.1932
Image H09135
c.1933
Image H11421
c.1935
Image H03450
c.1935
Image H17237
c.1936
Image H22637
c.1937
Image H08445
c.1937
Image H22641
c.1938
Image H22653
c.1938
Image H08953
c.1938
Image H22657
c.1938
Image H22660
c.1938
Image H22661
c.1938
Image H10074
c.1939
Image H10086
c.1939
Image H21179
c.1930s


1940s
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Image H00657
c.1940
Image m05216A
c.1940
Image m05216B
c.1940
Image h00646
c.1940
Image H09404
c.1941
Image H14330
c.1942
Image H04306
c.1943
Image H09133
c.1944
Image H05382
c.1945
Image m14318
c.1945
Image m14534
c.1945
Image H10885
c.1947
Image m16875
c.1947
Image m26105
c.1948
Image h19335A
c.1949
Image h19335B
c.1949
Image m19577
c.1949


1950s
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Image H08433h
c.1950
Image H08433g
c.1950
Image H08433f
c.1950
Image H08433e
c.1950
Image H08433d
c.1950
Image H08433c
c.1950
Image H08433b
c.1950
Image H03532
c.1951
Image H03520
c.1951
Image H03514
c.1951
Image H03547
c.1951
Image H03544
c.1951
Image H03548
c.1951
Image h25599
c.1952
Image h04960
c.1952
Image H07898
c.1954
Image H05870
c.1955
Image m29855
c.1957
Image m30622
c.1958
Image H05425
c.1958
Image H06606
c.1959
Image m13353
c.1950s
Image H08522
c.1950s
Image H09783
c.1950s


1960s
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Image H11433
c.1961
Image m33390
c.1962
Image m33610
c.1963
Image m33954
c.1964
Image h11613
c.1965
Image m34745
c.1966
Image c00540
c.1966
Image c00563
c.1966
Image c00566
c.1966
Image c00601
c.1966
Image c00608
c.1966
Image c00609
c.1966
Image c00623
c.1966
Image c00629
c.1966
Image c00721
c.1966
Image c00924
c.1966
Image c00954
c.1966
Image m35270
c.1966
Image c01524
c.1967
Image c01059
c.1966
Image h09406b
c.1967
Image c01620
c.1968
Image c01666
c.1968
Image c01667
c.1968


1970s
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Image h16142
c.1970s
Image c01967
c.1973


1980s
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Image s01419
c.1980s


1990s
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Image T01736
c.1993
Image T01781
c.1993
Image T01813
c.1993
Image T01814
c.1993
Image T01812
c.1993
Image T01808
c.1993
Image T01809
c.1993
Image T01811
c.1993


For more information on historical fashions:

Books on Historical Costume and Dress in the Library

La Couturiere Parisian

Costume History sorted by Period at The Costumer's Manifesto

But Mom, I Have Nothing to Wear Packet B

Fashion History and Costume Eras, Victorians to Haute Couture

Historical Boys Clothing

Photo Identification Cooperative Extension Service, University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture

Identifying Historic Photographs: Clues for Genealogy Researchers OLA Quarterly, Volume 7, Number 4, Winter 2001

The Costume Gallery

The Costumer's Manifesto Pattern Links Page

Timeline - Sally Queen & Associates

Timeline of Costume History Main Page

Victoriana.Com Articles, The History of the Fashionable Bathing Suit