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Here we have a wonderful portrait of three generations of an America family taken in Bradley County, Arkansas. The grandparenrs were Thomas Henry and Sarah
Voss Cox Stanfield. The parents were Lonnie and Katie McDougald. The children were Henry (oldest), Rufus (middle) and Beatrice (the baby). The boys wears
blouses, kneepants, and were barefoot. It was very common for American boys, especially in the South, to go barefoot during the Summer. While wealthy children
did not common go barefoot, it was common for poor children and many middle-class children to go barefoot. Age was another factor, younger children were more
likely to go barefoot than older children. Here even for a formal portrait the boys are barefoot.
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