# Where to find pictures of historical clothing?

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**Created:** [February 21, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-pictures-of-historical-clothing/486880 "2009-02-21T19:24:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-pictures-of-historical-clothing/486880/1 "2009-02-21T19:24:56Z")

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My son has to dress as a character from a book for a school assignment. The character he chose is Gulliver (from Gulliver’s Travels). I am looking for either some pictures of the character Gulliver himself or pictures of traditional dress from that era (1720’s). I have a pretty good idea of what he could wear but could use some pictures just to be sure.

Does anyone know where I could find this information?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-pictures-of-historical-clothing/486880/2 "2009-02-21T19:27:49Z")

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The Costumer’s Manifesto, aka [www.costumes.org](http://www.costumes.org) Here’s the [directory for the 18th century](http://www.costumes.org/History/100pages/18thlinks.htm).

More than you ever wanted to know about historical clothing…unless you’re an uber geek like me. 😉

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-pictures-of-historical-clothing/486880/3 "2009-02-21T19:49:28Z")

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Gulliver: [http://www.orwelltoday.com/gulliver1.jpg](http://www.orwelltoday.com/gulliver1.jpg)