My grandmother of Czech/Bohemian heritage is going through photos—estimated to be from 1910-12, either before or shortly after family arrived to Nebraska from Milevsko (from what I've found researching). Curious if their clothing gives any regional indication?

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  1. No, They are dress in a typical 1900s fashion

    You don’t see regional clothes worn regularly by that period, only in a very few rural areas (especially southern Moravia) and usually for festivities. Their clothing is just a typical clothing for the period and fashion is already pretty international by then.

    They look just like any “Edwardian era” family from the western world from a smaller town – which Milevsko is.

  2. This would be very typical outfit for urban middle class population of Austria-Hungary. The cloths are tailored and details follows the trends of the time. None of these people show southern Bohemian folk dresses. Folk dresses were issue for rural population. The city population was dressed based on their guild association. The rural clothing in Bohemia started to die out in the 19th century. At the time this photo was taken, many communities even forgot what was their rural folk costume alike. One reason for it was easily available clothing made on industrial scale and Bohemia was one of the main centers of textile industries. Mass produced textiles replaced many items common for folk dresses like embroidery. My great-great grandmother was born in 1850s, my mom met her as a small kid, and she dressed typically for Victorian era.

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