What was Booth wearing?

[BettyO]

Dave -

Here are a couple of good sites to provide period "accessories" - keep in mind that this site: "The Gentleman's Emporium" is good for accessories, etc. but that most of the site deals with 1870s to 1880s clothing.

http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/gentlemans.php

Still, all in all, it's a good place to start.

Regarding Gent's "small clothes"; i.e. "unmentionables" or underwear - keep in mind that gentlemen's undergarments were two piece at the time. The red or white "Union Suit" didn't come into being until the later half of the 1870s into the 1880s and 1890s and is inappropriate.

Men wore a flannel undershirt and drawers - two separate pieces - check out this site:

http://www.memorialhall.mass.edu/activit...0_man.html

Here is another good picture of modern 19th Century drawers - but ignore the "red Union Suit" -

http://www.etsy.com/listing/159628083/si...ref=market

Also remember that the "sweat suit" looking Navy outfit in which Powell died was a blue Navy UNDERSHIRT and blue trousers. This was simply a variation of a general undershirt of the era - very akin to a sweatshirt, but more like today's long sleeved T-shirt, but of a light flannel knit material.