Figure 1.--This wondeful portrait looks to us like a school group, but we are not entirely sure. There seem to be a lot of teenagers and very few younger children. We are wondering if it could be a small secondary school. It is possible that it could be a sunday school group, but a school group seems more likely. The portrait is undated, but the clothes and format suggests it was taken About 1900-05. We see one lady or teen student wearing the baloon-sleeve dress style popular un the 1890s, but because she is the only one and the format is the new style cabinet cards, we would date the image to the very early 1900s, but the very late-1890s is certainly possible. The boys all wear long pants hich is unusual for the period, perhaps because this was a rural school and the oly boys we can see look to be teenagers, albeit younger teens. The few younger boys are in the middle of the portrait and we can not see their trousers. Several of the girls wear sailor hats, one girl a tam. Notice the young boy with the prickly stick. An almost everyone has Rhododendron twigs or leaves. Not sure what that is all about. The dealer believes the portrait was taken in Alton, West Virginia -- Upshur County. Put your cuesor on the image to see the rest of the group.

This wondeful portrait looks to us like a school group, but we are not entirely sure. There seem to be a lot of teenagers and very few younger children. We are wondering if it could be a small secondary school. It is possible that it could be a sunday school group, but a school group seems more likely. The portrait is undated, but the clothes and format suggests it was taken About 1900-05. We see one lady or teen student wearing the baloon-slevee dress style popular un the 1890s, but because she is the only one and the format is the new style cabinet cards, we would date the image to the very early 1900s, but the very late-1890s is certainly possible. The boys all wear long pants hich is unusual for the period, perhaps because this was a rural school and the only boys we can see look to be teenagers, albeit younger teens. The few younger boys are in the middle of the portrait and we can not see their trousers. Several of the girls wear sailor caps, one girl a tam. Notice the young boy with the prickly stick. An almost everyone has Rhododendron twigs or leaves. Not sure what that is all about. The dealer believes the portrait was taken in Alton, West Virginia -- Upshur County. Alton is located on the Buckhannon River with lots of Rhododendron in the area.

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