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This cabinet portrait of four siblings was taken by the Lawson studio in Los Angeles, California. The portrait is undated, but the clothes and mount suggest the 1890s. The girls have long long hair. The youngest has ringlet curls. Both wear pearl necklaces. A grouchy little boy wears a floppy boe, Fauntleroy blouse, and kilt-skirt. Note the oleats. He is holding his cap--the only headwear in the group. We think it is a sailor cap. His older brother wears a Fauntleroy suit with a cut-away jacket, fancy Fauntleroy blouse, and small white floppy bow. Both boys have had their curls cut. This was common at the time. There was a general tensency to differentiate the hair styles of boys and girls even if the boys were not yet breeched. The children are unidentified. This photograph came from the family collection of Edith Eaton (1853- ), Monmouth New Jersey. She may be the mother. Edith married Isaac Stuart Raymond (1849- ) from Union County, Ohio. H. Edith organized and served with many clubs working for women's suffrage. She was also a Sunday school teacher. Isaac Raymond was president of the First National Bank in Philo, Illinois. His family settled in what is now known as Raymond Township, named for Isaac's father. Edith and Isaac married on October 27, 1875 in Philo.
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