Figure 4.--A portrait of J. T. Chatterton, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, shows him holding a CDV album. The portrait dates from the late 1860s or early 1870s. He looks to be about 13 years old. He wears a suit and vest (waistcoat) which buttons like a jacket without a tie, but with a white collar. |
A portrait of J. T. Chatterton, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, shows him holding a CDV album. The portrait dates from the late 1860s or early 1870s. He looks to be
about 13 years old. He wears a suit and vest (waistcoat) which buttons like a jacket without a tie, but with a white collar. His long pants suits shows that in the
1860s and early 1870s that it was very common for boys to wear long pants. He wears his hair over his ears.
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