Figure 1.--The 1930 framed First Communion photo measures 9 1/2" by 6 1/2". The photographic print is about 6 1/2" by 4 1/2". The date is noted on the back of the print. The frame has a top flap that can come over to cover up phot or use it as a photo stand. The studio was Varga in Trenton, New Jersey.

Some paper frames in the 1930s had an extention conected at the top. It could be used to cover the portrait when stored a way somewhere. This would have protected the print. Or the fap could have been forwarded back to create a tent-style stand-up frame. We are not yet sure about the additional conection used to stand-up the frame. They were done with front designs in the same styles as the other frames used during the 1930s. We note, for example, arched display portals in addition to the regular rectagular portals.

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