Figure 1.--HBC has no information about who these childrn. The image is almost certainly American. HBC estimates that the photograph was probably taken in the 1880s. The two older sisters appear to be fraternal twins. Click on the image for an assessment of the outfits.

HBC notes an unidentified American family. There are three children. The two oldest children look to be fratenal twins. They both wear identical dresses. The outfits are exactly the same down to the balloning sleeves and cross pendants. The only difference between the two children is the short hair of the child on the left. We believe that they are boy and girl fraternal twins. HBC has several reasons for thinking tht the child on the left is a boy. The child on the left certainly looks like a boy. Also because if they were girls almost ceratinly their hair would have been done the same. It is unlikely that twin girls wearing identical dresses would have different hair styles. It is possible that the child had hair lice, but unlikely because her twin almost certainly would have also had it. Note the dresses are a plaid-like material. Plaid was a popular color for the dreses worn by boys, presumably because of the association wih Scottish kilts. Note that the twins also have identical dolls. The twins appear to have a younger sister, but HBC is not positive about this. He may have been a boy. Note that the child has a boy doll.

Created: September 12, 2000
Last updated: February 9, 2002