Figure 1.-- Here are three childern from an unidentifiefd Sofia family, a baby with a boy and girl. They look to be about 2-11 years old. The beautifully composed pose suggests a quliy stydio. The girl wears a white summer dress dress with a lacy collar. Her long hair is done in ripples with a small hair bow. We see this ripple style for long hair in quite a number of Bulgarian portraits. Her brother wears a white summer knee pants sailor suit with stripes. It is a classic sailor suit, but has four rather than three stripe detailing. Sailor suits were very popular for Bulgarian boys in the early-20th century. He has dark long stockings.

Here are three childern from an unidentifiefd Sofia family a baby, with a boy and girl. They look to be about 2-11 years old. The beautifully composed pose suggests a quality studio. The girl wears a white summer dress dress with a lacy collar. Her long hair is done in ripples, we think the popular term is waves, with a small hair bow. We see this ripple style for long hair in quite a number of Bulgarian portraits. Her brother wears a white summer knee pants sailor suit with stripes. It is a classic sailor suit, but has four rather than three stripe detailing. Sailor suits were very popular for Bulgarian boys in the early-20th century. He has dark long stockings. His sister also probably has long stockings although we can't see them. The portrait is not dated. There are references to prize awards (1886 and 92) on the back. We are a little surprised that they referred to such old rewards. We know the portrait was taken in the 1910s, probably the early-1910s. The back has a place to fill in the month and year. They are, however, not filled in, but the year entry has '191_' printed, leaving only the fourth digit or year to be filled in. So we know it must have been taken in the 1910s.

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