Figure 1.--Cator Haigh was photographed in 1870 by Henry J. Godbold of St. Leonards on Sea. He wears a long pants suit, plain cut-away jacket, bow, and vest (waistcoat). Kneepants were becoming increasingly popular in the 1870s, but some rather young boys still wore long pants. Image courtesy of the MD collection.

Claude Haigh was photographed in 1870 by Henry J. Godbold of St. Leonards on Sea. Claude was born about 1867 and would have been about 3 years old. Claude wears alight colored dress with some military styling and a front button trim. The buttons look ornamental and not functional. This apparently was an important day for photographs. Interestingly, Hedley and Ernest were probably photographed on the same day by Godbold wearing identical dresses with precisely the same trim. I'm not sure why Claude had an individual portrait done while Hedley and Ernest were photograpged together. As the three boys were outfitted in identicaldresses, you would have thought that their would have been a group portrait. Their little sister Gwendoline was probably photographed on the same day wearing a vey similar dress. Godbold like to use toys and other props with the children. Note the toy here is the same one used in Gwendoline's portrait.