Figure 1.--The Ridola portrait in particular shows off hat styles. The men wear boaters. The women wear huge, highly decorared hats. The kids also have hats. The girls' hats tend to be larger and we see hair bows as well. The boys also have hats, although one boy is holding rather than wearing his hat. Some of the boys and girls have similar hats, although the older girls have hats more like their mothers' hats.

Here we see the Ridola family, a wealthy landowning family. This portrait was taken in Miglionico, a town in southern Italy, 50 miles south of Bari on the Adriatic near the boot of the Italian peninsula. Southern Italy was largely agricultural and in areas still virtually feudal. It was the poorest area of Italy. Unfiortunately we know nothing about the Ridola family and thir estate. The photo is undated, but we would guess was taken in the early 1910s. An Italian reader writes, "I think too that the photo was taken before the First World War. The clothing could suggest even a bit earlier, except boys' hosiery and footwear. A boy is wearing shoes with ankle socks and the other one closed-toe sandals without socks" We are not sure if the portrait is taken on their estate or not, The kids are all done up in white. The portrait in particular shows off hat styles. The men wear boaters. The women wear huge, highly decorared hats. The kids also have hats. The girls' hats tend to be larger and we see hair bows as well. The boys also have hats, although one boy is holding rather than wearing his hat. Some of the boys and girls have similar hats, although the older girls have hats more like their mothers' hats.

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