Figure 1.--This cabinet card portrait was taken by the Price studio in Dover, New Jersey. The boy is Bryant Tonking. He wears a sailor suit or perhaps better described as a sailor collared suit. You can just see the "V" collar and striped detailing. The suit was no a heave serge material, but looks like a mid-weight flasnnel. We are not sure what the color was. It clearly ws not a navy blue or white--the two most common colors for sailor suits. Perhaps it was grey, a common color for flannel. The light color suggests summer wear. The most eye-catching part of his outfit is ther Fauntleroy blouse with a huge rectangular lace collar and floppy bow.

Bryant Tonking (United States, about 1905)

This cabinet card portrait was taken by the Price studio in Dover, New Jersey. The boy is Bryant Tonking. He wears a sailor suit or perhaps better described as a sailor collared suit. You can just see the "V" collar and striped detailing. The suit was no a heave serge material, but looks like a mid-weight flasnnel. We are not sure what the color was. It clearly ws not a navy blue or white--the two most common colors for sailor suits. Perhaps it was grey, a common color for flannel. The light color suggests summer wear. The suit jack buttoned with just one button. The most eye-catching part of his outfit is ther Fauntleroy blouse with a huge rectangular lace collar and floppy bow. The lace collar is repeated at the cuffs and the blouse front also protudes under his buttoned jacket. The light-colored knee psants suit is worn with dark long stockings (probably black) and high-top shoes. The portrait is undated, but the white whicker furnoture and sharply creased knee pants suggest the early 1900s to us.










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