Figure 1.--The boy here in this CDV portarit is is Crespal Gordon Stoddart. The CDV is not dated, buty was -eobably taken about 1900. Crespal looks to be about 6 years old. He wears a collar-buttoning Norfolk suit with knee pants, long stockings, and high-top shoes. Notice the Eton collar. It is a light-colored summer suit. The jacket has the pleats and belt characteristic of a Norfolk suit. Norfolk suits were very common in the late-19th and early-20th century.

The boy here in this CDV portarit is is Crespal Gordon Stoddart. The CDV is not dated, buty was -eobably taken about 1900. Crespal looks to be about 6 years old. He wears a collar-buttoning Norfolk suit with knee pants, long stockings, and high-top shoes. Notice the Eton collar. It is a light-colored summer suit. He probably came from a family imn comfortablr circumstances. It does not look like a school uniform. So he probanly came frfom a famil he jacket has the pleats and belt characteristic of a Norfolk suit. Norfolk suits were very common in the late-19th and early-20th century. The studio was J. Yoxall in Southport. Southport is a large seaside town in Merseyside north of Liverpool. Crespal may have lived in Southport, or more likely was vacationing there with his family. People at the time dressed up even when on vacation even seaside vacations, including boys wearing Eton collars.

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