Unidentified Family Reunion (United States, 1890s)


Figure 1.-- Here we see a cabinet card of another family reunion. They are a substantial family, but there is no information on the card so we do not know the name of the family or where they lived. The children are all lined up in front. They look to be about 3-12 years old. We can't tell much about the girls. They are all wearing white summer dresses, but the details do not come out in all that sea of bright white. The boys exhibit most of the different popular styles of the time. We see boys wearing Fauntleroy blouse and kilt skirt, broad-brimmed hat and sailor suit, a lace collar with a Fauntleroy suit, a Fauntleroy blouse and floppy bow with knee pants, and a summer knee pants suit with an Eton collar and a floppy bow. All of the children but one wears dark long stockings. Put your cursor on the imge to see the rest of the group.

Here we see a cabinet card of another family reunion. They are a substantial family, but there is no information on the card so we do not know the name of the family or where they lived. Everyone is lined up on the front porch. There is a sign reading 'Fairfield', but that probably means the nane of the home, not the name of the family. (Large homes at the time were sometimes named. Some still are in England.) It could also mean the name of a town. Our best guess is Fairfield, Conncticut. This is a town featuring 5 miles of shoreline on the Long Island Sound. This would make it a great summer get away from New York Ciy. The portrait is also not dated. We would guess based on the clothing and the mount it was taken in the 1890s, probably he late-1890s. The women of all ages wear both white and dark dresses. The men all wear vested suits. They seem under-represented for some reason. They are mostly wearing their headwear, but few of the women have their hats on and only one child--the boy wearing a wide-brimmed hat. The children are all lined up in front. They look to be about 3-12 years old. We can't tell much about the girls. They are all wearing white summer dresses, but the details do not come out in all that sea of bright white. The boys exhibit most of the different popular styles of the time. We see boys wearing Fauntleroy blouse and kilt skirt, broad-brimmed hat and sailor suit, a lace collar with a Fauntleroy suit, a Fauntleroy blouse and floppy bow with knee pants, and a summer knee pants suit with an Eton collar and a floppy bow. All of the children but one wears dark long stockings.








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