Partial uniform?

[Henryd]

Hello all, I've been lurking here for awhile and finally decided to join. I collect antique photos and picked this one up a few months ago. Are the mans striped pants part of a uniform or just fancy dress for the period?

 

[captaindrew]

Welcome from South Florida and the Reenactors Forum. Being he's not wearing anything else remotely military I'd say just say just fancy dress.

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy.

 

[Dave DuBrucq]

Welcome to the forum. I would have to agree that this is just fancy dress. There is nothing to indicate otherwise.

 

[James N.]

It isn't - the stripe on the trousers was merely a feature of some men's formal wear - Welcome to the forums!

 

[major bill]

If you own a tuxedo they often have trim down the leg seams. Well at least mine does.

 

[Henryd]

Thanks for your input (and welcomes) everyone!

 

[mofederal]

Hello and welcome to the CivilWarTalk Forum from Southeast Missouri. Just fancy dress for the period. A very nice image though.

 

[UCVRelics]

Welcome from THE Heart Of Dixie.

 

[FDTaylor]

I would join and agree with the other comments. Without some other indication of militaria in his dress, I think the stripe trim was merely a style/trend of the period to have on one's trousers.

 

[Rebel_Giratina]

Welcome from SoFla!

 

[lupaglupa]

Welcome from the Researching Your Civil War Ancestry forum. I hope you'll be posting more of your antique photos - we love to see them!

 

[kholland]

If you own a tuxedo they often have trim down the leg seams. Well at least mine does.

He definitely seems to be in formal dress. And I think he is wearing white gloves. Interesting photo.

 

[Lubliner]

Welcome from the Railroads and Steam Locomotive Forum. Do you know what era the picture is from? For some reason I can't explain it looks post-war era.
Lubliner.

 

[Henryd]

Welcome from the Researching Your Civil War Ancestry forum. I hope you'll be posting more of your antique photos - we love to see them!

I just purchased a few tin types from the era. I'll be sure to share them here!

 

[Henryd]

Welcome from the Railroads and Steam Locomotive Forum. Do you know what era the picture is from? For some reason I can't explain it looks post-war era.
Lubliner.

Based on the woman's dress it's early 1860s. Sleeves are supposed to have gotten looser than that later on in the decade based on my research but I'm no expert.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Hello and welcome to the forums from Germany.
The term for that kind of pants is galon striped pants.
You can google that, there are still lots of pants that have them even today, they are still fashionable. But your hunch was intially correct, the origin of these galon stripes is indeed the military. Probably in the way we wear camouflaged shirts and pants now.

 

[Seduzal]

Welcome to CWT from the Smoky Mountain side of North Carolina. Just jump right in and enjoy.

 

[Mike Serpa]

Thanks for joining!

 

[Package4]

Hello all, I've been lurking here for awhile and finally decided to join. I collect antique photos and picked this one up a few months ago. Are the mans striped pants part of a uniform or just fancy dress for the period?

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Welcome from Maryland!