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This is a family cabinet card portrait taken about 1888-89. The portrait is not dated, but the back aludes to a 1887 medal award. We believe that most studio portraits were taken about the same time as the award. The early 90s is posible, but we doubt rthat it was many years after the medal. It is photograph of a young family--father, mother, and son. The boy looks about 3 years old and is wearing a dark knee length dress that was fashionable at the time with high dark shoes along with a ruffled collar. The man is seated and is wearing a dark suit and white shirt with bow tie and a watch chain on his vest with a fob. He is wearing a very large and very dark moustache. The woman is wearing a dark dress with an even darker collar and a brooch at her neck and an unusual hat. They are all formally posed. This cabinet portrait was taken by Schlattman Brothers in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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