Jesse and Cornial: Hola everyone, Im back, been abscent from the group for sometimes now. I feel so fresh, actually, feel dirty, we just got electricity and...
ZOINKS! They had it on DVD!??? Bought a VHS copy from them 2 years ago. They didn't offer it on DVD then. Strictly VHS. Man o man, how I wish I had the reales...
Hola! I came across an interesting image in my files the other day and thought I would share it with the group. It is a copy of one of two uniform proposals...
... I am under the impression that the chupa corta had a fall collar like regular collared coats of that period. The standing collar was of a later period,...
Sorry to disagree with you, amigo, but I don't read the picture of the San Carlos militia man the same way you do. I see his coat as having a very short...
Hola amigos! I'll be giving a talk in Monterey on the development of Californio costume (1769 - 1850) on the evening of October 22. I mentioned the talk...
Hola! I just posted to the Files/Uniforms and Equipment/Casaca, Chupa, y Calzon section a picture of a militia cavalryman of New Spain, 1771. This is the...
David: 1st person is a risky method at ANY historic site (I speak from many years of good and bad experiences both presenting and observing). For those of us...
... David, David, David, one thing I think we can agree on is that we have different opinions on this subject. I am grateful for all your help to me and for...
... As for buttons I do see the buttons on the cuff of the sleeve of the San Carlos militiaman! Richard Grant ... a ... painting ... days, ... sleeves. ... I ...
I think that you guys (Richard and David) should remember the great variety of uniforms amongst the Army of Spain. I know the chupa of the Catalonian Vols has...
O.k. Richard, we will have to agree to disagree. I have a 1760s picture of a Lancer of Veracruz and he does wear a fold-over collar, and it presents a much...
... from many ... For those ... expand on ... I agree that ... under these ... Well, here is a rough draft of my talk for Monterey. Like Mark Twain, I wanted...
Really? The one I posted to the Files/Uniforms and Equipment/Casaca, Chupa, y Calzon section? Perhaps you could send me your copy. I just got new glasses, so I...
Quite so, Rick, but at the same time my approach is not to say that anything goes, but to try and document all of the variations I can and confine my...
I do need some clarification is the San Carlos militiaman a proposal or is it drawn from an actual subjects. Like the so called fat cuera of the early 19th...
Hola Richard, I heard it from Sid Brinckerhoff last year that these images of militia men were uniform proposals. It is unclear if they were ever approved. The...
Richard, I see the shadow that could look like a button, but I think it is just shading. Research on the Catalonian Chupa show a collar, a cuff without buttons...
Well put, Rick. Thanks. David ... just ... buttons and ... pockets. ... bottom of the ... the ... on. I think ... think the ... references we ... has the ... ...
Hey David, amigo mio! Aiii, just down in Monterey? I'm there, hombre! (I received orders de mi Alferez that I'm an to take my cuera for your perusal.) But...
I enjoy a lot of dialogue regarding presidial soldados, equipment and clothing. I do like the concept David did of the soldado wearing the sach, I have a...
Dave: Did you know that Los Californianos is having their quarterly meeting at Santa Cruz that same weekend?? Gosh, it would be a great chance to meet you if...
Hola amigo! Your points are very well taken, Frank. As for why I put faces and hands on my pictures of the past is that when I do, I try my best to make the...
Hola Richard, I am not infallible, but I do try and portray things for a reason. I often put sashes on soldados de cuera because they were very popular with...
Hola Lance, Well I am disappointed too. But Saturday evening is when I give my talk, so I could not have attended that meeting. Let's talk off-line to see if...
Hola! We have been discussing uniforms lately and it is clear to me that the biggest problem we face is a lack of real uniforms from that time to study. But...
... colonial era. I remember while in college, constantly going over the old bound volumes of the magazine put out by the Company of Military Historians and...
Hello Richard, Did you know that uniforms in standard sizes were ordered for the California presidios from Mexico as early as the 1780s? There may have been...
