Figure 1.--Here we see cabinet card of the William Smith family on a famnily bike outing. Bikes were not cheap at the time, sothe family clear was one in cimfotrable circumstances. We know the names of everyone. There is a happy group of kids, and the father standing proudly with their bicycles. The writing on the back reads, "William Smith, Rosie Smith, Fred, Charlie, Wallie". They look to be about 7-20 years of age. Everyone but Rosie gets a bike for the outing. Rosie wears a non-descript hat. The man and his four sons mostly wear flat caps. One of the boys wears a peaked cap. Flat caps becme standard in the 1910s, but there was still some diversuty in the 1900s. In Britain it would suggest a school cap, but in America they did not have a strong school association. They are all wearing suit. All the boys except one wears long pants suits. One boy has a knee pants suit. At the time it was rather unusual for a younger boy to wear long pants. That and the mount style suggests it was taken about 1905. There is no studio information on the mount.

Here we see cabinet card of the William Smith family on a famnily bike outing. Bikes were not cheap at the time, sothe family clear was one in cimfotrable circumstances. We know the names of everyone. There is a happy group of kids, and the father standing proudly with their bicycles. The writing on the back reads, "William Smith, Rosie Smith, Fred, Charlie, Wallie". They look to be about 7-20 years of age. Everyone but Rosie gets a bike for the outing. Rosie wears a non-descript hat. The man and his four sons mostly wear flat caps. One of the boys wears a peaked cap. Flat caps becme standard in the 1910s, but there was still some diversuty in the 1900s. In Britain it would suggest a school cap, but in America they did not have a strong school association. They are all wearing suit. All the boys except one wears long pants suits. One boy has a knee pants suit. At the time it was rather unusual for a younger boy to wear long pants. That and the mount style suggests it was taken about 1905. There is no studio information on the mount.

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