Figure 1.-- This cabinet card shows Malcom Overbagh wearing a frilly dress. He looks about 2 years old. Younger boys commonly wore dresses and other skirted garments in the 19th century including many boys older than Malcomb. This fashion rapidly declined in the early 20th century. We mostly see younger boys wearing drwsses and frilly dresses like this one become less common. The cabinet card measures: 4.25" x 6.5" -- oval photograph: 2" x 3". The new style cabinet card does not indicate the studio. It helps date the portrait to the 1900s.

This cabinet card shows Malcom Overbagh wearing a frilly dress. He looks about 2 years old. Younger boys commonly wore dresses and other skirted garments in the 19th century including many boys older than Malcomb. This fashion rapidly declined in the early 20th century. We mostly see younger boys wearing drwsses and frilly dresses like this one become less common. The cabinet card measures: 4.25" x 6.5" -- oval photograph: 2" x 3". The new style cabinet card does not indicate the studio. It helps date the portrait to the 1900s.

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