Figure 1.-- This classic 6.25" x 4.25" cabinet card portrait shows 6-year old. We might have guessed a little younger. Some times the ringlets make a child look younger. His name is written on the back, apparently John R Dickhaut. There is no studio information. The grey-green colored mount suggests the 1900s, we would guess about 1900-05. He wears a classic striped sailor suit with a button blouse and matching pants. Hus sailor suit is completed wuith a lasrge anchor embroidered dickey. He does not have a scarfe, but has a white lanyard. He has loosely curled ringlets. This was a style still seen in the early-1900s, but then rapidly declined in popularity.

This classic 6.25" x 4.25" cabinet card portrait shows a 6-year old boy. I might have guessed a little younger. Some times the ringlets make a child look younger. His name is written on the back, but the writing is indistinct. We thought it might be John R. Dickhant. He seems to be of German ancestry, commonly meaning that he was from a well-established family. A Dutch reader tells us that the name is more likely Dickhaut, not Dickhant. He writes, "Dickhaut means 'thick skin' in German, perhaps not a very common name, but kind of funny anyway." There is no studio information on the card. The grey-green colored mount suggests the 1900s, we would guess about 1900-05. He wears a classic striped sailor suit with a button blouse and matching knee pants with black long stockings. Mom has placed a wude-brimmed sailor hat to the side. His sailor suit is completed wuith a lasrge anchor embroidered dickey. Note the unusual striped material above the dickey around the collar. This is something we have no noted before. We think it is part of the dickey. He does not have a scarfe, but has a white lanyard. The single strap shoes have bows. He has loosely curled ringlets. Notice the center part without bangs. This was a style still seen in the early-1900s, but then rapidly declined in popularity. The cabinet card canme from a San Diego estate, but we have no way of knowing if the family was from San Diego.

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