Figure 1.--This portrait of the Shea boys was taken about 1906. The boys wear knee pants suits with different degrees of Norfolk styling. Notice the rather loud patterns. All the boys wear dark long stockings. Notice that at mid-decade, knickers were still not very common in America. The famukly was from Portland, Oregon. The boys from the left are: Otis Lee Shea (Leo) born November 12, 1894; Thomas William Shea (Tommy) born March 21, 1893; and John Lakin Shea (Johnny) born October 31, 1898.

Shea Brothers (United States, about 1906)

This portrait of the Shea boys was taken about 1906. The boys wear knee pants suits with different degrees of Norfolk styling. Notice the rather loud patterns. All the boys wear dark long stockings. Notice that at mid-decade, knickers were still not very common in America. The famukly was from Portland, Oregon. The boys from the left are: Otis Lee Shea (Leo) born November 12, 1894; Thomas William Shea (Tommy) born March 21, 1893; and John Lakin Shea (Johnny) born October 31, 1898.









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