Figure 1.--Here we have another Kansas portrait. We have a mother with her three children, but there is no fmily identification. The children look to be about 5-12 years old. The two older boys are dressed alike with very high set lapel jackets and tucked in bows. The only difference we see is that the younger boy wears knee pants and the older boy long pants. Notice the rounded-crown straw hat. Presumably this was worn by the younger boy. We are left wondering what kind of headwear the older boy wore. Perhaps they wore the same style and this only needed to display one. We are unsure about the younger child. We think he is a boy wearing a kilt suit, but we are not positive. He looks to be about 5-years old. The hair is slightly different than the older boys, but still a boyish cut.

Here we have another Kansas portrait. We have a mother with her three children, but there is no fmily identification. The children look to be about 5-12 years old. The two older boys are dressed alike with very high set lapel jackets and tucked in bows. The only difference we see is that the younger boy wears knee pants and the older boy long pants. Notice the rounded-crown straw hat. Presumably this was worn by the younger boy. We are left wondering what kind of headwear the older boy wore. Perhaps they wore the same style and this only needed to display one. We are unsure about the younger child. We think he is a boy wearing a kilt suit, but we are not positive. He looks to be about 5-years old. The hair is slightly different than the older boys, but still a boyish cut. This is not defintive, however, as some girls had short hair. Unfortunately the cabinet card is not dated. We are guessing that itv was taken in the early-1880s, but the lste-70s is certainly aossibility. The brown mount was common in both the 70s and 80s. We post these images in the chronological section with our best assessment hoping that readers will have some insights to refine oir asessment. The studio was Orwin in Ottawa, Kansas.

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