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Here we see a nicely posed cabinent card studio portrait with an imposing mother and her five children. three boys and two girls. Dad for what ever reason is absent. There is no information associated with the portrait, except that it was taken in Philadelphia. While the portrait is undated, we can tell by the clothing and the mount that it was taken in the 1900s decade, either the early- or mid-part of the decade The family is not identifies, but we would gues thr they are a well-estabkished Italian-Americn famnily. The white whicker chair also helps fate the portrait. The younger girl wear a plain white dress with verical pleating and a decortive waist belt, Her older sister wears a colored blouse and matching skirt with a huge wrap-around lace collar and a colored hair bow. The younger biy wears a Russian blouse-styled tunic suit. The older boys wear knee pants suits with black long stockings. He is holding a folded-up cap. Both look to be wearing detachable collars. The older boy has a Norfolk jacket and the middle boy has a double-breasted jacket. They look to be about 4-15 years old.
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