A Vassar Dude

 The original "Dudes," first identified in 1883, were considered Anglophiles who affected English mannerisms and dress.  They were also frequently characterized as being effeminate.  Life magazine illustrated this perception in its May 25, 1893 issue, in a cartoon in which a man with a high collar, English Bowler and carrying a cane (all characteristic of "Dudes" at the time) is mistaken for a Vassar alumna.

Reverse History

 The original "Dudes," first identified in 1883, were considered Anglophiles who affected British dress and mannerisms.  This struck some as a devolution of the American revolutionary spirit that had once renounced its English overlords.

Pick-Me-Up magazine illustrated this ironic turn of events in its June 7, 1890 issue.

 

"History Reversed."