Figure 1.-- This is a tough one. We are not sure if this portrait was taken in the late-1910s or early-1920s. It is a portrait of four siblings, age about 1-12 years. Perhaps readers will have a thought here. An interesting aspect of the portrait is the boy's self belt. We are not sure just when these self belts first appeared.

This is a tough one. We are not sure if this portrait was taken in the late-1910s or early-1920s. It is a portrait of four siblings, age about 1-12 years. Perhaps readers will have a thought here. An interesting aspect of the portrait is the boy's self belt. We are not sure just when these self belts first appeared. It is obvious that the belt here is not holding up the boy's pants. Notice how slack it is. And you can see the buttons that are hilding up the pants forf this button-on outfit. The portrait also provides a good view of girl's hair styles and dresses. Notice thast all of the children that we can see are wearing long stockings. Three of the children are wearing heavy high-top shoes. The older girl wears more dressy "T" straps shoes.

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