Friendly Outing

Found photo It’s fun to imagine how and why these five women got to their outdoor setting. Might it have been a bus trip to a historical site sponsored by their church group? Or perhaps it was an outing organized by their women’s club. From the sweaters, coats, and jackets we can see that it’s chilly. Nonetheless, four of them wore dresses—perhaps they were of the generation that never took to bifurcated garments. I’m guessing this photo is from the 1960s given the skirt lengths and the hairdos. However, it’s often hard to judge the date based on older women’s clothes, since they tended to wear outfits long past their fashion moment. The one wearing pants is a possible indication that the picture was taken in the 1970s, since that’s the decade that many older women turned to pants. But perhaps she was an early adaptor. Her shoes also indicate that she had left many old lady styles behind.

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