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Worth gown in synthetic violet
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Whatever was worn in operas was sometimes transferred to everyday clothing. Day dresses, silk dresses, victorian dresses and ball dresses.
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Popular things were Day dresses, top hats and bustles.
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The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave the right to vote to black males, became law when the required number of states ratified it.
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In Europe, the labor intensive hand looms were replaced by more efficient steam driven power looms.
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Max Bruch – Symphony No. 2 in F minor, op. 36 (premiered September 4 1870)
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Side Button boots.
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Grey Trousers
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top hat
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boaters
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2 pc Lounge suit
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Tail coats
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Facial hair
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Black Trousers
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Day dress
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April bonnets
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Gloves
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Top coats with grey tousers and wing collard shirt
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Women wore buns, ringlets and fringes.
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Bustle is for the dress
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Bodices were worn to work
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Englishwoman and Queens led the fashion industry.
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Some of this decades' hits were the songs which we still remember today include "Good-bye, Liza Jane"- Eddie Fox:1871
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The Great Chicago Fire broke out. It destroyed much of the city of Chicago, and a persistent rumor was that it was caused by Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
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Yellowstone National Park was established as the first National Park in the United States.
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Ulysses S. Grant took the oath of office for the second time as he began his second term as President of the United States.
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Leather Boots.
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Marie Beatrice Binda-Italian Actress in the play “The Women of People.”
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Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call, saying, "Watson, come here, I need you."
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The United States celebrated its centennial with celebrations in cities and towns across the country.
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Thomas A. Edison patented the phonograph.
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Mdlle. Sylvia (active late 1870s/early 1880s), Swedish soprano, as she appeared as Serpolette in Les Cloches de Corneville upon its reopening, Globe Theatre 4th September 1879.
