Front:
APPENZELL.
COPYRIGHT 1894, BY THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
OVER.
Back:
APPENZELL,
A DOUBLE CANTON IN THE NORTH-EAST OF SWITZERLAND, BEING DIVIDED
INTO TWO DIVISIONS, INNERRODEN AND AUSSERRODEN. THE CONSTITU-
TION OF THE HALF CANTON8, EACH DIFFERING FROM THE OTHER IN MANY
DETAILS, 18 IN EACH CASE A PURE DEMOCRACY. THE INHABITANTS ARE
CHIEFLY EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE KEEPING, AND SPEAK A
PECULIAR DIALECT AND WEAR A CHARACTERISTIC COSTUME.
OUR PICTURE
REPRESENTS A YOUNG PEASANT MAN WITH HIS WIFE AND LITTLE BOY, WEAR-
ING COSTUMES DISTINCTIVELY IN USE IN THE CANTON OF APPENZELL; AL-
THOUGH THE CUSTOM OF WEARING DISTINCTIVE NATIVE COSTUMES 18
GRADUALLY DYING OUT IN SWITZERLAND, AND HAS PRACTICALLY COME INTO
DISUSE, IN ALL BUT TEN OF THE CANTONS (INCLUDING APPENZELL); AND
WHERE STILL IN USE, 18 PRINCIPALLY WORN ON SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAY8.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
