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The child is wearing a white eyelet dress, black stockings, and black side-button boots. It is difficult to determine the gender of the child since both boys and girls dressed alike in short dresses until they were approximately five years old at…

Three women pose near a tree in the forest wearing shirtwaist blouses and long dark skirts. The women wear embellished hats for their walk in the woods; one of the women has taken off her hat. One of the women carries a parasol to protect her skin…

This photograph was taken in Danbury, Connecticut at Folsom’s studio. The woman rests against the back of a textile-covered chair. She wears an ensemble that was fashionable from about 1878 to 1882. It consists of a lace-trimmed bodice that extends…

Posing outdoors, this trio represents appropriate outdoor wear for the 1890s. The women are wearing shirtwaist blouses and walking skirts, a new look that was associated with the Gibson Girl. Their hats are festooned with bird feathers and flowers.…

The sitter shown in this cabinet card is possibly from Wakefield, Rhode Island; the donor, a Mrs. Nilson, bought it at an estate auction on Wakefield’s Main Street. The young woman in the photograph is wearing a double-breasted winter coat with…

This cabinet card is identified as coming from the studio of “Smith, East Saginaw, Michigan.” According to David Tinder’s Directory of Early Michigan Photographers, a William L. Smith ran a successful photography studio in East Saginaw from 1883 to…

This photograph was taken at Ward’s studio at 21 South Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. The boy is wearing a double-breasted reefer jacket with metal buttons and knickers featuring three buttons at the side of each knee. The textured fabric…

The girl (the donor) appears to be two or three years old and is sitting on a table posing for the photograph. Her hair is cut short in the new bobbed hair style. She wears a drop-waisted dress with scallops and pleated details. Ms. Morris also…

This image portrays two young men sitting for their portrait, both with cigars in their mouths. The young man on the right side of the image is wearing a matching three-piece suit consisting of a fitted frock coat with extra-wide lapels and a wide…

This photograph was taken by John Spence, who operated a studio on Bridge Street in Musselburgh, Scotland, which is near Edinburgh, from 1880 to 1914. The two children pictured are boys, and they illustrate the custom of dressing small boys in…