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This portrait is identified as "Benj. Morris Whitlock" meaning Benjamin Morris Whitlock. Written below his name is "Millie", that may have been a nickname but it would not have been based on his proper name. Benjamin looks about 4 years old. He is shown wearing what looks like a check skirted suit. It consists of a cut-away jacket with very wide sleeves and a pleated skirt with no kilt styling. We would assume that mother called it a kilt suit. Notice the small white collar and small bow. Notice he is wearing socks rther than long stockings which wsere much more common in America. Also notice the shoes. Benjamin here seems to wearing gaiters over his shoes. They seem to be a shoe protection devive. We are not sure what kind of shoes he us wearing. They were ptobsnly low-cur shoes, perhzos strap shoes. The CDV portrait is undated, but looks like the late-1860s to us. The studio was J. Gurney & Son in New York City. His longish, but uncurled hair is parted on the side confirming the side part for boys rather than center part convention. General B.M. Whitlock who was the rifle inspector for the State of New York in the early 1900s. We are not sure if it is him or not as a child but there is not a lot of info on the name.
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