Figure 1.--This Ambrotype shows an unidentified boy standing next to a table with displayed with books and a green tinted tablecloth. He looks to be about 8 years old. The shiert looks to be plaid, but the collar and cuffs are white so we are unsure about the shirt garment. The visible Ambro image 2" inches long x 1-1/2" inches wide; frame 2-1/2" inches long x 2" inches wide.

The shirts/blouses as well as the neckwear worn with cut-away jackets is also diverse. It is difficult to destinguish shirts and blouses. Some may be shirt waists, We so not yet see blouses done with draw-string wausrs. Many seem to be whire shirts/blouses. We note at least one Ambrotype portrait of an unidentified boy wearing what may be a shirt waist with a detchabke Peter Pan collar (figure 1). The portrait was not dated, but it looks like the late-1850s to us. The term Peter Pan for these collars was not yet used. The collars seem larger than became popular in the 1860s. We note one unidentified boy which we believe was taken in the late-1850s with a wide ruffled collar and no neckwear. Notice the tassles. The jacket is beautifully embroidered. Note the boy's ring.

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