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The photo was taken in Cravens, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, in the 1900s. What we don't know is if the family onwned the farm or were share croppers. The portrait was probably taken by an intinerate photoigrapher. The family clearly dressed up for the portrait. It shows Mitchell Johnson, his wife Elizabeth McCurley and their ten children: Odis (the baby) and (left to right) Charley, Thomas Mitchell, Willie, Crocket Lee, Elias, George Washington, Johnny, Marshall, Winfred Scott. It is difficult to tell if the younger boys are wearing blouses or shirts. We can tell that the five younger children wear knee pants and are barefoot. The kneepants suggest that the portrait was taken in the 1900s rather than ther 1910s. Going barefoot was was common in the south. What we are not entirely sure about is if the younger children here would have liked to have had shoes. The children probably had shoes for school or at least for the winter season.
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