... century? If a group is considered a regiment of war and regiment of sea what colors do they wear? Primary purpose of was support of the Spanish Main,...
Here's an image (see attachment) of a miniature diorama of the Anza Expedition at the downtown Riverside Municipal Museum. Anza crossed through Riverside area...
... I talked with Davis Walker last weekend at the School of the sixteenth Century in St. Augustine about his subject. Davis wrote most of the guidelines and...
Timothy Burke
calderon@...
Feb 6, 2005 10:01 pm
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Hola! I would be very interested in these text references to head cloths on pirates - or anyone in the 18th century for that matter. I belong to another Yahoo!...
... In short no. IIRC the only one wearing a read military style coat at the event was Ron Custer, and again IIRC its actually a repro of an English late 17th...
Timothy Burke
calderon@...
Feb 7, 2005 1:52 am
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Yo, yo - "Do-rag" being another term borrowed from blacks in the sixties. So the white man has been appropriating the black man's culture since the 1700's?...
None of the Californio "rebels" were hanged or punished in any way one would regard as punitive. Los Angeles was re-taken on January 10, 1847 by a large...
I forgot to mention the seige of Ft. Hill etself, which involved Marine Lt. Archibad Gillespie (some sources list him as Capt. Gillespie). The main force...
Sorry about the bad spelling previously, I forgot my reading glasses, (you'll find out when you get to be a "viejo" yourself). One more note: The regular...
David: So you are saying the use of the scarf tied around the head to use as a hair net to keep of excessive dust is not spanish colonial at all. I know that...
Hello Gregg, I wish you could remember his name too. The point about headaches is very interesting. An old Californio whose memories of early costume (in this...
Hola Steve, Well, as I said, I don't want to be dogmatic about this until I have gotten further along in my research, so please let me know where I can find...
Hi Gregg & David, Well, there are several links to some of the Castas paintings on the listserv links page. But as a more specific reference, and just to show...
Individuals were certainly wearing head scarves by the middle of the 18th century in Mexico City. This can be seen in numerous examples of contemporary art....
Hola! Thanks to those who have responded to this inquiry. Again, the research is just beginning, but what I am looking for is references or pictures from the...
This is from the St. Jean Babtiste discussion group. Your conversation about head covers got me thinking and asking a few questions. I found this one...
David, they were worn at Los Adaes. We have inventory descriptions of silk scarves and black light wool for headrags. also if you will look closely to the...
Hola! Yes, headscarves were adopted by many Native Americans in the East. There was a description by Captain James Smith, leader of the Conococheague Rangers...
Hola Cornial! It's good to hear from you. It's been a while. Could you send me those inventory descriptions, preferably in the original Spanish and with...
Hello David y todos mis amigos, This is driving me crazy. I remember reading the uniform description in "Lancers for the King", but also remember reading an ...
Hey Rick, You're around, hombre! Say, where did that page on 1780 clothing on the 2nd Catalonian site come from. Yes, yes, I know that it was originally on...
Hello Gregg,David and those interested,the "dude"in the headscarf,you cannot put a name to,also appears on a stamp of Mexico,issued 1963,for the 150th...
Hola Quatro! I could do this better at work, where I have the text on my computer, but the 1772 regulations do not mention scarves at all. The relevant passage...
ang, David, you're right about that one! I kept knocking my head against the wall, trying to figure out where to find a Spanish copy of the reglas of 1772,...
Whoa, wait David! I just pulled out my Weber, which has the Sargento from the 1791 Malaspina expedition drawings, and he AIN'T wearing no corbatin! He's got...
Hola Quatro! Amigo, you only asked me what the regulations said, not what was actually worn. Of course they wore neckerchiefs, but the stock continued in use,...
Hola David y soldados, Wait, what you're talking about, an narrow "tape" with fringed ends, like what th 1791 drawing shows, or the fringed ends of the...
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