Stories of family and ancestors who lived and worked in Cohoes (textile and garment workers, butchers and barbers), Waterford (canalers), Whitehall (farmers and canalers), Port Henry (iron miners and Civil War soldiers), Champlain (canalers and farmers) and other towns along the Champlain Canal in New York State with some diversions to the places they emigrated from....Quebec (landless farmers, shoemakers, sailors, soldiers), Acadia (more farmers), and even Cornwall, England (tin miners).
Monday, July 15, 2024
Cohoes: Hobbled Skirt Caused Her Death
August 1911
According to Wikipedia, a hobbled skirt was a ladies skirt with a narrow hem that could impede the wearer's ability to walk. It was called a "hobble skirt" because it seemed to hobble any woman as she walked. The hobble skirt fashion trend peaked between 1908 and 1914.
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