Figure 1.--This cabinet card portrait shows three children about 5-11 years old, two girls and a boy. They all wear sailor outits complete with identical caps. he boy is holding his cap for some reason, the girls are wearing their caps. All three chilren have sailor outfits that are cut and detailed differently, but they all appear to be sailor blouses worn with unpleated skirts for the girls and knee pants for the boy. We at first thought the girls were wearing dresses, but on closer examination they look to be blouses and skirts.

This cabinet card portrait shows three children about 5-11 years old, two girls and a boy. They all wear sailor outits complete with identical caps. he boy is holding his cap for some reason, the girls are wearing their caps. All three chilren have sailor outfits that are cut and detailed differently, but they all appear to be sailor blouses worn with unpleated skirts for the girls and knee pants for the boy. We at first thought the girls were wearing dresses, but on closer examination they look to be blouses and skirts. We are unsure about the varied blouses. Probably they were just purchased at different times. Note the boy has the classic, traditonal style more like a Royal Navy uniform. We suspect that mother thought this most appropriate. The children all wear dark long stockings. The two younger children ear high-top lace up shoes. We are not sure about the footwear of the older child. The portrait is a cabinet card. This and the outfit suggests the 1890s to us. All we know for sure is the location. The studio was F. Taylor in Rowbarton, part of Tauton. Tauton is a town in Somerset (Southwest England).

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