All Around the Garden...in Your Nicest Dress?

Okay, so these ladies most likely aren't wearing their Sunday finest to do yard work, but can you imagine mowing the lawn in this get up?!

Update: I found out that it was a very popular trend at one time for women to dress up and pose while "working" on the land. They simply did it for the photo op! 

A51-115; Woman with Lawnmower
Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives

And I'm pretty sure I'd die from the heat if I had to make hay in a full dress (with crinoline) along with a fancy hat and gloves. I think from here on out whenever I go berry picking or do some work in the garden I won't take for granted that, as a woman, I can now comfortably wear pants and shorts!

A12-122; Women Making Hay at Ross's Farm, Quidi Vidi [before 1910]
Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives



E6-7; Women Making Hay at Ross's Farm, Quidi Vidi [before 1910]
Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives