Visions of America: Public Representations of the United States Circulating in India from 1870-1900Main MenuVisions of AmericaRepresentations of America in India from 1880-1910IntroductionProject VisionIndian Newspaper ArticlesTimelineTags and TrendsTour content by major themesRadial VisualizationGrid VisualizationAdam Heidebrink-Brunodda1366ced630ae12c01119b6003cad348b8379cMareesa Miles07f5b1d62871cea403a104a2f291b405512e6016
American Dude
12017-04-21T14:11:43-04:00Adam Heidebrink-Brunodda1366ced630ae12c01119b6003cad348b8379c822plain2017-04-28T11:58:35-04:00Mareesa Miles07f5b1d62871cea403a104a2f291b405512e6016From descriptions recently published in the press of the United States we gather that an American "dude" in his war-paint is an object worth looking at. A waistcoat embroidered with seed-pearls, a cord of gold running up his trousers, underclothing of pink silk, his manly bosom encased in a corset of apple-green satin, he may well regard himself as a personification of the art of dress in its highest development.