Figure 1.-- This Illinois cabinet card portrait shows the Scott boys (Hugh Scott and Terrrence Scott) pictured on a tandem bicyle built or two for a tudio portrait. They are 5 and 7 years old. They wear identical knee pants sailor suits with saucer caps. The hat band tally reads 'U.S.N.' of course meaning U.S. Navy. They also wear long stockings and high-top button shoes, standard wear for the 1890s. We are not sure about the color of the sailor suits and the stockings. Black long stockings were common at the time, but the boys; stockings were clearly not black. The only difference between the two boys is the younger boy's long hair which unusually for America were not done in ringlet curls. The dealer dates the portrait to the 1900s, we would guess the 1890s, in part because of the classic style cabinet card mount. The studio was Jay's Art Gallery in Paris, Illinois.

This Illinois cabinet card portrait shows the Scott boys (Hugh Scott and Terrrence Scott) pictured on a tandem bicyle built or two for a tudio portrait. They are 5 and 7 years old. They wear identical knee pants sailor suits with saucer caps. The hat band tally reads 'U.S.N.' of course meaning U.S. Navy. They also wear long stockings and high-top button shoes, standard wear for the 1890s. We are not sure about the color of the sailor suits and the stockings. Black long stockings were common at the time, but the boys; stockings were clearly not black. The only difference between the two boys is the younger boy's long hair which unusually for America were not done in ringlet curls. The dealer dates the portrait to the 1900s, we would guess the 1890s, in part because of the classic style cabinet card mount.

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