Figure 1.--This postcard-back studio portrait shows three unidentified children, two boys and a girl. They look to be about 4-11 years old. They were photographed in Silloth (Silloth-on-Solway), a port town okn the Irish Sea in Cumbria, northern England. The older boys wears a short pants suit with knee socks. The knee socks have the destinctive patterned turn-over-tops popular at the time. Sister wears a heavy winter dress with a large pointed collar and a belt. She has long stockings which persiated as girls' wear a little longer than before boys. Their little brother wears a white short pants sailor suit with white ankle socks.

This postcard-back studio portrait shows three unidentified children, two boys and a girl. They look to be about 4-11 years old. They were photographed in Silloth (Silloth-on-Solway), a port town okn the Irish Sea in Cumbria, northern England. The older boys wears a short pants suit with knee socks. The knee socks have the destinctive patterned turn-over-tops popular at the time. Sister wears a heavy winter dress with a large pointed collar and a belt. She has long stockings which persiated as girls' wear a little longer than before boys. Their little brother wears a white short pants sailor suit with white ankle socks. The older children wear high-top shoes. The younger child wears low-cut shoes. The studio photographer was Annie R. Gibb of Silloth. Miss Gibb is known primarily for her touching portraits of servicemen being deployed in World War I. The dealer suggests the portrait was taken 1n 1915. I think that is an estimate, but it does look like it was taken in the 1910s, probably the late or mid-1910s.

Created: 5:22 PM 5/11/2019
Last updated: 5:22 PM 5/11/2019