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Hair ornaments

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  • Women attending the theatre in Buenos Aires are wearing very large, ornate head dresses, which makes it very difficult for men to talk to them. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle, 1834.
  • A woman is walking down the street in Buenos Aires wearing a very large head dress which is knocking people over and poking them in the eye. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.
  • Hair pieces, combs, hair slides and other appliances. Etching.
  • Ten different types of wigs and hair pieces. Coloured engraving, 1875.
  • A man in Buenos Aires is holding on to the skirts of a woman as she is being blown away by the wind that has caught in her large head dress. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.
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    Hair pieces, combs, hair slides and other appliances. Etching.

    | Reference: 31454i
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    Ten different types of wigs and hair pieces. Coloured engraving, 1875.

    | Date: 1 May 1875 | Reference: 31446i
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    A woman is walking down the street in Buenos Aires wearing a very large head dress which is knocking people over and poking them in the eye. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.

    Bacle, César Hipólito, 1794-1838. | Date: [1834] | Reference: 35917i
    Part of: Extravagancias de 1834
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    A man in Buenos Aires is holding on to the skirts of a woman as she is being blown away by the wind that has caught in her large head dress. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.

    Bacle, César Hipólito, 1794-1838. | Date: [1834] | Reference: 35918i
    Part of: Extravagancias de 1834
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    A man in Buenos Aires is knocking down the wall of a house so that a woman wearing a very large head dress can get out. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.

    Bacle, César Hipólito, 1794-1838. | Date: [1834] | Reference: 35916i
    Part of: Extravagancias de 1834
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