Figure 1.--Thanks to the sign displayed on the cabinet card here we know who these boys are. They are boys being cared for at the Boys Institute Seashore Home. We have been unable to find much information about the Home, but believe it was an orphanage. The term Home commonly meant orphanage. The Home was established (1873). The late-19th century is when many orphanages were founded in the United States. Pen note on the back states Kennebunkport Maine, but one source insists that it was actually Beachmont, Massachusetts (Revere Beach). The boys are picured in full military uniforms posed in front of the Home. The Home is on stilts and a read sign stated Ocean Ave. The portrait is undated, but the uniforms and mount style suggest the early-1900s. The image is just under 4 �� x 8� on a much larger mount. The boys range in age from young to older teens. This was not usual for orohanages which normally had a wider age range. It is of course possible that these are just the older boys. It is the normal range for military schools. Military schools, however were fee paying institutions for boys from affluent families. Native American schools were run on a quasi-military system. But American orphanages usually were not.

Thanks to the sign displayed on the cabinet card here we know who these boys are. They are boys being cared for at the Boys Institute Seashore Home. We have been unable to find much information about the Home, but believe it was an orphanage. The term Home commonly meant orphanage. The Home was established (1873). The late-19th century is when many orphanages were founded in the United States. Pen note on the back states Kennebunkport Maine, but one source insists that it was actually Beachmont, Massachusetts (Revere Beach). The boys are picured in full military uniforms posed in front of the Home. The Home is on stilts and a read sign stated Ocean Ave. The portrait is undated, but the uniforms and mount style suggest the early-1900s. The image is just under 4 �� x 8� on a much larger mount. The boys range in age from young to older teens. This was not usual for orohanages which normally had a wider age range. It is of course possible that these are just the older boys. It is the normal range for military schools. Military schools, however were fee paying institutions for boys from affluent families. Native American schools were run on a quasi-military system. But American orophanages usually were not.

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