Woman in Tromsö in the 1870s - Unusual Clothing?

[Steve]

I have always been intrigued by this unsual attire from Tromsö, Norway. The photo is a carte-de-visit taken probably in the 1870s. The woman is wearing a pancho-like covering over a voluminous dress.

 

Does anyone know about this particular type of clothing? (or anything else interesting about this photo?)

[Dag Aage Løkke]

Here we have another picture from the same photograph L. A. Schjetne who worked in Tromsø from ca 1870 until 1900:

 

http://www.flickr.co...157629996384624

 

His name was Lars Andreas Andersen Schjetne (born 1844)

[Kjell-Einar Rokstad]

The same photographer, some more pictures from Tromsø and Tromsøysund.

Universitetsmuseenes fotoportal

 

Upper right corner - "Søk i samlingene" <> Search in collections - search for "schjetne".

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One of the pictures is a marriage photo - the man named "Gerhard Kristoffersen", Tromsøysund.

 

I guess this is the couple in census 1900:

1900 Census, Tromsøysund, Kvalnes

 

MyHeritage registration

 

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Added to this post ... I overlooked "Mjelde" mentioned in one of the picture's information lines.

According to Alvin Andreassen, in the third more recent reply from here in this thread, "Gerhard Kristof(f)ersen" is the following:

1900 Census, Tromsøysund, Mjelde søndre

[Berit Knudsen]

She is wearing a shawl or (travelling) rug?. I belive a lot of women used this, and not only in Norway.

[Camilla Svanøe1]

I'm more concerned about the utterly depressed expression. Solemn lady.

[Alvin Andreassen]

Ang. bildet av Gerhard Kristoffersen og hustru (innlegg Kjell-Einar Rogstad): Det er kanskje ikke så enkelt. Brudeparet var fra Mjelde. Det blir så antatt at det forestiller Gerhard Meier Kristoffersen og hustru Johanne Marie Ingebrigtsdatter. Disse giftet seg i 1877. Men de bodde på Kvalnes som var en del av gården Bakkejord. På Mjelde bodde Gerhard Nikolai Kristoffersen. Han giftet seg i 1882 med Hansine Lorentine Jensdatter, som døde i 1901. I 1903 giftet Gerhard seg så med Oline Andrea Johanne Jensdatter (hustruene ikke søstre). Brudeparet ligner vel mest på Gerhard Nikolai og Hansine Lorentine. Disse finnes andre bilder av, som det også er av Gerhard Meier og hans kone Johanne Marie.