▁Pictures ▁and ▁photograph s ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁about ▁ 7 0 0 ▁images ▁dated ▁ 1 7 7 0 – 1 9 0 0 ▁in ▁which ▁Wel sh ▁cost ume ▁is ▁clearly ▁dep icted ▁and ▁there ▁are ▁a ▁similar ▁number ▁of ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁photograph s , ▁mostly ▁post cards , ▁some ▁based ▁on ▁earlier ▁photograph s ▁while ▁others ▁were ▁com ic . ▁Many ▁of ▁these ▁images ▁of ▁Wel sh ▁cost ume ▁were ▁market ed ▁as ▁sou ven irs ▁of ▁Wales ▁and ▁they ▁helped ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁concept ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁something ▁unique ▁about ▁Wel sh ▁cost ume . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁photograph s ▁were ▁' st aged ' ▁by ▁the ▁photograph ers ▁and ▁the ▁women ▁often ▁wore ▁their ▁own ▁old ▁cost umes ▁or ▁borrow ed ▁a ▁set ▁from ▁the ▁photograph er ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁example ▁above ▁' Two ▁women ▁in ▁national ▁dress ▁drink ing ▁tea ' ▁which ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁ 8 0 ▁photograph s ▁taken ▁by ▁John ▁Thomas ▁( 1 8 3 8 - 1 9 0 5 ) ▁of ▁young ▁women ▁who ▁wore ▁a ▁selection ▁of ▁gar ments ▁from ▁three ▁sets ▁of ▁cost umes ▁that ▁he ▁kept . ▁ ▁Sur v iving ▁cost ume ▁There ▁are ▁a ▁few ▁surv iving ▁Wel sh ▁cost umes ▁in ▁museum s ▁and ▁private ▁collections . ▁Most ▁of ▁them ▁are ▁stored ▁in ▁the ▁St ▁F ag ans ▁National ▁History ▁Museum ▁near ▁Card iff ▁and ▁the ▁Cer ed ig ion ▁Museum ▁in ▁Aber yst w yth . ▁They ▁are ▁very ▁difficult ▁to ▁date