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This cabinet card shows an unidentified Grand Rapids family. Unfortunately the portait is not dated so we are left to estimate it. Unfortunatley this is very difficult. We like to add dates images here, but do include undated images in the hope that we can estimate the date accurately or can prefect our estimate over time. We do not see any clear indicators. The dealer suggested the 1890s. We believe that that the early-1880s is more likely, although we are not at all sure. We think the boy's black long stockings suggests the 1880s, but the absence of Fauntleroy trim would lead one to look at the early-80s. And mother's dress without the baloon sleeves we think means that the 1890s is unlikely --except perhaps for the very early-90s. The children look to be about 3-10 years old. The younger boy wears sa kilt suit. The older boy wears a collar-buttoning knee pants suit with Norfolk vertical pleats. We think the other chils is a girl who wears a jacketed dress with a ruffled collar. Assessing gender is a tricky thing. This child looks rather like a boy, but the fact thar the younger boy has had his curls cut, means that this child certainly is a girl.
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