Figure 1.-- We note two portraits of Ralph Shaw as a young boy. The portraits would have been taken about 1890, roughly 2 years apart. The portraits are cabinent cards, done with different colored mounts. . Vintage cabinet photos showing little boy, Ralph Shaw, with ringlets and lacy clothes. The first portrait shows Ralph at about age 2-3 with long hair, but not done in ringlets. The second portrait shows himin a white dress with what looks like a waisband bucle. He is wearing thick, tightly done ringlets. We think that these are American portraits. The boy's name, ringlets, and clothes (especially the bows and long stockings) look American as does the cabinent card mount. Put your cursor on thev image to see the early portrait.

We note two portraits of Ralph Shaw as a young boy. The portraits would have been taken about 1890, roughly 2 years apart. The portraits are cabinent cards, done with different colored mounts. . Vintage cabinet photos showing little boy, Ralph Shaw, with ringlets and lacy clothes. The first portrait shows Ralph at about age 2-3 years with long hair, but not done in ringlets. He has a big floppy bow and Fauntleroy blouse. The second portrait shows him at about 4 years old in a white dress and holding a cap. We are not sure if it is a peaked cap pr a tam. He is wearing thick, tightly done ringlets which have been carefully laid on his shoulders. You can tell he has been posed because of the way he is holding the fingers on his right hand. This is not a natural pose for a little boy, but we see period photographers posing boys like this. We think that these are American portraits. The boy's name, ringlets, and clothes (especially the bows and long stockings) look American as does the cabinent card mount. We are confused though by the city--Ewark. Not only have we never heard of that city, but there is no state indicated. (A state is almost always indicated in American cabinet cards.) Perhaps it is Newark. The studio is Chase. Ralph could be English, but we have never heard of Ewark in Englnd either. And Ralph doesn't seem aarticularly English name.

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