Figure 1.--This portrair shows two boys, presumably brothers, posing in their First Communion suits. The portrait was taken by I. Kilinski in Chicago. The flower centerpiece that stands in between them has the year "1919" on the ribbons. The photograph comes in an elaborate cardboard display frame. The frame is 4" by 5.5". The cardboard display frame is 12.5" by 9.25". There is an inside paper protector over the portrait. Here you can see inside the folder with the protective fly leaf. Put your cursor on the image to see the fly leaf turned over.

We note a variety of folders. We also note a variety of folder-type paper frames with fold-over covers. Some had side flaps and others full size folders with left side book-like covers. A good example of a side cover portrait is a 1919 portrait from the J. Kilinkski studio in Chicago (figure 1). It shows two unidentified brothers in their First Communion suits. The cover had an embossed design set off to the top left. The flower centerpiece that stands in between them has the year "1919" on the ribbons which convienently dates the portrait for us.. The photograph comes in an elaborate cardboard display frame. The folder was brown, but the portrait was framed with grey paper that had brown framing border lines. It was grey with brown frameing lines. The frame is 4" by 5.5". The cardboard display frame is 12.5" by 9.25". There is an inside paper protector over the portrait. Here you can see inside the folder with the protective fly leaf (figure 1).

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