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Here we have an unidentified American family. The family is unidentified, but the elegant outfits suggest to us that is an affluent urban family. We` see the parents and five older children. One boys who looks to be about 13 years old wears knee pants. Boys in the 1890s wore rather tight-cut, knee-length kneepants with black long stockings. Earlier it was mostly younger boys wearing knee pants, but you see teenagers wearing kneepants in the 1890s. The one thing we do know is the date of the portrait, July 10, 1893. At first glance this looks like a 19th century parlor, but is obviously a studio backdrop.
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