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The Smith children were photgraphed on the porch of their family home. They lived in Archbald, Pennsylvania. The photograph was taken in 1910. Archbald is located near Scranton in the mining country of eastern Pennsylvania. The photograph shows the four Smith children (Jesse and Lester standing in back) and Vera and Bertha (in front). The boy in the chair at the left is a friend (the family name was Schmitt) of the other children. Schmitt was 6 years old. Vera was 8 years, Bertha was 10 years, Jesse was 12 years, and Lester was 13 years old. All the children wear the standard black long stockings of the period (note the mostly obscured legs of the older boys in the rear). The boys all wear suits. The Schmitt boy wears a double breasted knee pants suit
(with rather shorter trousers than usual for the period) Notice that
his black stockings are very tautly pulled up and obviously worn with
supporters. Jesse and Lester wear single breasted suits, probably with
knee pants, although some older boys wore knickers by 1910. They wear
neckties with somewhat rumpled shirts, apparently put on rather hastily
for the photographer. Notice the hightop shoes. The girls wear their
best dresses, and Vera's white dress (a pinafore?) has a ruffled collar
and a ribbon decoration down the front. This photo might have been
taken when the children were dressed up for church. Notice the potted
plants and rug that presumably mother has strategically placed to add to the photograph.
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