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The Bloomer Costume
Photographer: Library of Congress
Caption: The Bloomer Costume
Additional Description: by N. Currier, 1851.

"The costume of women should be suited to her wants and necessities. It should conduce at once to her health, comfort, and usefulness; and, while it should not fail also to conduce to her personal adornment, it should make that end of secondary importance." -- Amelia Bloomer
Submitted: October 25, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p451227
File Size: 5.771 Megabytes

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