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Here we have another Pittsburgh family about 1900. It is unfortunately a small image, but interesting because it shows the inside of the family hime. We don't know the family's name. They seem to be a family in comfortable circumstances, but not a rich family. They are in a Victorian-style parlor of which the prominent musical instrument is an organ. Mother and father and adult relatives occupy the back row. Three children, apparently siblings, are seated in the front row. The oldest boy, about 18, sits on the organ stool propped up by what looks like a pillow or a folded blanket. He wears a three-piece suit and a white shirt with bow tie. Notice the center-parted hair. The girl, about 14, wears a dress of checked material with puffled sleeves, a high neck, black stockings, and hightop shoes. The youngest child, a boy of about 11, wears a knee pants suit, long black stockings, and hightop shoes. He seems to wear a turtleneck sweater or high-necked dark shirt without a tie under his jacket. The stockings have to be fairly long because of the length of the knee pants.
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