Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

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Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

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Re: Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

Post by Pep C Strebeck » Thu Oct 21, 2021 7:54 pm

Filmed at the original site of the Henry Ford Birthplace at Ford Road and Greenfield (SE corner). Post-1919 after it's first renovation by Henry, moved to Greenfield Village in 1944.
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Re: Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

Post by Norman Kling » Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:02 pm

I'm not quite sure those were actually period correct clothes. I think it was staged?
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Re: Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

Post by Harry Lillo » Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:15 pm

The communications tower, high voltage distribution power lines and train
in the background might lead one to think it was taken more recently.
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Re: Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

Post by Steve Jelf » Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:48 pm

Obviously not 100 years ago. The clothes say thirties.
The inevitable often happens.
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Re: Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

Post by Mark Gregush » Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:50 pm

Mid 30's I would say. That traction engine was maybe only 30 years old when that was filmed. But fun clip.
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

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Re: Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

Post by Pep C Strebeck » Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:15 pm

Harry Lillo wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:15 pm
The communications tower, high voltage distribution power lines and train
in the background might lead one to think it was taken more recently.
Harry
The "communications tower" is a windmill and the high-tension lines run down the middle of Greenfield Road (to this day, still) and as for the train that is the old D.l.&N. R.R. (Detroit Lansing and Northern) which was acquired by the Pere Marquette Railroad. Here is a link to a Plat Map from the Library of Congress that shows the Ford property in the upper right corner (cropped image below). https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4113wm.gl ... 76,0.799,0


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Re: Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

Post by Roverdriver » Fri Oct 22, 2021 1:33 am

It was quite normal around the world for men to dress in what today we would call 'formal attire' for their normal labours. A poor man would be seen in less formal dress, and it was a way for people to distinguish poor from slightly well heeled workers, be they farmers, road builders etc. Don't forget that railway employees, as an example had to always wear a uniform which involved a collar and tie.


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Re: Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

Post by jab35 » Fri Oct 22, 2021 1:58 pm

Fun Video, thanks for posting. Some kind of promo, well dressed actors serving as rear ballast, and transplanted stumps, but very enjoyable, jb

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Re: Period correct clothing video-This one has me stumped!

Post by Pep C Strebeck » Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:03 pm

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Could that have been one of the grandkids? Possibly Henry II or Benson?
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