Zuli, David and a lady friend. Cabinet card. Private Collection.
My 200th post!
Zuli is one gorgeous lady. David is in a bowler and high collar with dark gloves, but the ladies…look at the ornate big ‘Merry Widow’ hats! There’s a whole cake on top of Zuli’s head! What a cute and uncommon name too. The ladies in these pictures are always the stars, but I love group pictures of handsome gents with their pretty women. ;)
David’s last name was Strader, Miss Zuli’s last name was Frop. The name of the second woman in glasses is illegible. I think she looks like she was related to David -maybe his sister. There’s a number too: 5-10. May 1910?
Summertime75 posted a funny article from 1908 on the ‘Merry Widow Hat’ trend that swept the nation. It’s worth reading for a good laugh. People of the day found those large hats rather ridiculous! This was an upper society trend. Those hats were quite expensive and a status item.
Another funny N.Y Times article dated June 14, 1908 describes a stampede when at the end of the Broadway show (which inspired the trend) 1,200 souvenir hats were supposed to be handed to 1,300 awaiting women.
Photographer: Emery’s. 162 Main Street. Blank back.
Bowlers And High Collars 
June 22nd, 2015 at 11:15 am
I agree Zuli is stunning so much so I bet David quickly forgave her the extravagance of “the hat.” There were other complaints about the number of feathers used my milliners which put some rarer birds at risk lol
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June 22nd, 2015 at 11:22 am
Poor birds, to die to adorn such large ridiculous hats lol. They remind me of Marie Antoinette’s own crazy hats and high hairdos.
And yes, Zuli is something! She was one very lovely woman. The trophy wife if he ever married her :)
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June 22nd, 2015 at 11:48 am
Just goes to show that there is nothing really new in fashion.
Not a “trophy wife,” poor girl and he couldn’t be that shallow, I hope ;-)
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June 22nd, 2015 at 11:52 am
Ok, maybe ‘trophy wife’ was the wrong term, but he would have been proud of her. :)
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June 22nd, 2015 at 11:54 am
Now we agree :-D
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