Impressions Civilian Impression Question

[DaveBrt]

I'd like to know what you folks think a junior professional would have worn on the job. Specifically, I'm looking for what a southern railroad superintendent would have worn while out on the tracks during the summer.

 

[FrenchZouave]

This is my impression.

 

[MaryDee]

I don't know about the exact impression, but there is lots of good advice for male civilian reenactors in the "History Hallway Heartburn" blog. The author is a woman but she is a tailor of 19th century male clothing. http://historyhallwayheartburn.blogspot.com

 

[Jeremy G. Richardson]

I would think items would be similar to other civilians of the period. Maybe a little more elaborate since your occupation is of a higher class than that of a laborer.

A pocket knife, a pocket watch and chain especially useful for making sure trains are on time. Watches are grossly under represented in the hobby. Maybe a belt or boot knife, and a single shot pistol or two, revolvers were expensive and still fairly new technology and would not have been owned by many low or middle class civilians. A book with time table in it for the trains, possibly inventory sheets for freight being unloaded on the docks, also teleghraph forms.

I hope my ramblings have given you some ideas.

 

[MrKSB]

What kind of single shot pistol?

I would think items would be similar to other civilians of the period. Maybe a little more elaborate since your occupation is of a higher class than that of a laborer.

A pocket knife, a pocket watch and chain especially useful for making sure trains are on time. Watches are grossly under represented in the hobby. Maybe a belt or boot knife, and a single shot pistol or two, revolvers were expensive and still fairly new technology and would not have been owned by many low or middle class civilians. A book with time table in it for the trains, possibly inventory sheets for freight being unloaded on the docks, also teleghraph forms.

I hope my ramblings have given you some ideas.

 

[Republican Blues]

William Allen Fuller, Western and Atlantic Railroad, Georgia