Figure 1.--Here we a cabinet card portrait of a very impressive middle-class family. We think it is all one family. The image includes the parents, 5 daughters, and 6 sons. This is one of the klargestfamilies we have archived on hBC, but myy dad's family at the sme time, alsoin gthe mid-west was even klarger. The children look to be about 4-25 years old. The older girls seem still unmarried. The two younger boys wear fauntleroy suits and blouses. The third youngest boy wears a regular suit with a Fauntleroy blouse. The older boys wear regular suits, the two oldest withn wing collars. The girls and mother wear black or othr dark-colored desses. Thev youngest girs have kace collars. The baloon sleeves of the dresses help date the portrait to the mid-to late-1890s. we are not sure of the style of the amount becvause it is a larger 11x14 in mount. The studio was G.G. Grossfield in Rushford, Minnesota. This is a small town in southeastern tip of the state. The population in the 1890s only about 1,000 people. The fact that it has a photograophic studio shows just how the photographic industry has expanded.

Here we a cabinet card portrait of a very impressive middle-class family. We think it is all one family. The image includes the parents, 5 daughters, and 6 sons. The oldest of the daughters, possibly could be an aunt. This is one of the largest families we have archived on HBC, but my dad's family at the sme time, also in the mid-west was even larger. The children look to be about 4-25 years old. The older girls seem still unmarried. The two younger boys wear striped Fauntleroy blouses without floppy bows. We are not sure about their jackets. The third youngest boy wears a regular suit with a Fauntleroy blouse and a stangely untied bow. The older boys wear regular suits, the two oldest with wing collars. The girls and mother wear black or othr dark-colored dresses. The youngest girls have lace collars. The baloon sleeves of the dresses help date the portrait to the mid-to late-1890s. The cabinet card is a large 11x14 mount. The mounts of these large cards were very different than those of the standard-size mounts (4¼ by 6½ inches). The studio was G.G. Grossfield in Rushford, Minnesota. This is a small town in southeastern tip of the state. The population in the 1890s only about 1,000 people. The fact that it has a photographic studio shows just how the photographic industry had expanded in America. A town this size in Europe was much less likeky tio have a studio. It is part of the reason that the American photographic record is so much larger than the European record.

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