Figure 1.--This cabinet card portrait shows a young Dakota family. There are four children, two boys an a girl, as well a a younger child we are not sure about. They look to be about 2-10 years of age. One boy wears a Fauntleroy suit with an unusual striped jacket. looking more like a blazer. His older brother wears a sailor suit. Both look as if mother might have made them. Their sister wears a white dress with out a defined waisband. She holds her treasured doll and has impressive ringlet curls. The baby of the family wears a blouse and pleated skirt which may have been seen as a kilt outfit. Wethink the child may be a boy, but we are unsure. Ellendale was a small town in southeastern North Dakota. We are not sure the family lived there. They may have been a farm family that come to town to have theor portrait taken. The photograph had to be taken in the 1890s. South Sakota only became a state in 1889. Earlier portraits would have been marked Dakota Territiry. The studio was Ryam's.

This cabinet card portrait shows a young Dakota family. There are four children, two boys an a girl, as well a a younger child we are not sure about. They look to be about 2-10 years of age. One boy wears a Fauntleroy suit with an unusual striped jacket. looking more like a blazer. His older brother wears a sailor suit. Both look as if mother might have made them. Their sister wears a white dress with out a defined waisband. She holds her treasured doll and has impressive ringlet curls. The baby of the family wears a blouse and pleated skirt which may have been seen as a kilt outfit. Wethink the child may be a boy, but we are unsure. Ellendale was a small town in southeastern North Dakota. We are not sure the family lived there. They may have been a farm family that come to town to have theor portrait taken. The photograph had to be taken in the 1890s. South Sakota only became a state in 1889. Earlier portraits would have been marked Dakota Territiry. The studio was Ryam's.

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