Figure 1.--This tinted photograph shows American boy Robert William Strong and on the back dates it to 'Circa 1897'. Apparently this was written somtime after the photograph was taken. He looks to be about 8-9 years old. The portrait is an enlarged phoptograph that has been colorized. There is no indication as to the studio and where the portrait was taken. There is not a lot of detail, but Rober seems to be wearing a large white ruffled collars and floppy bow. he jacket has lapels and was wirn open to show off the fancy Fauntleroy blouse. The coloration is interesting and provides an insight into suit colors. Robert has short hair, but the part while not a center part is well toward the center and not a normal left part.

This tinted photograph shows American boy Robert William Strong and on the back dates it to 'Circa 1897'. Apparently this was written somtime after the photograph was taken. He looks to be about 8-9 years old. The portrait is an enlarged phoptograph that has been colorized. There is no indication as to the studio and where the portrait was taken. There is not a lot of detail, but Robert seems to be wearing a large white ruffled collars and floppy bow. he jacket has lapels and was wirn open to show off the fancy Fauntleroy blouse. The coloration is interesting and provides an insight into suit colors. Of course tinted images are not the same as a color photograph, but we believe studios tinting the photiographs made an effort to generally reproduce coors. They would not match the precise shade, but woud capture the basic color. The color show is a kinf of bluish grey. We kniow from store catlogs that this was a color offered at the time. Robert has short hair, but the part while not a center part is well toward the center and not a normal left part.

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