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The cabinet card of three children was taken in the Donaldson (strange script) studio in Logansport, Indiana. It is undated, but we would guess based on the mount was taken in the 1870s. We at first thought the children were an older girl and two younger boys wearing knee pants. The older child wears a plain dress. We are unsure about the color. Also in the portrait is two little brothers (perhaps twins) wearing bows, blouses, and knee pants. All three children wear dark long stockings. Girls with short hair are not all that unusual, although the hair is unusuallt short for a girl. We assumed the older child was a girl even though the child looks rather like a boy. The dealer reports, however, that written on the back is 'Dan Coate's children' and 'Howard.' We do not know the first names if the two younger boys. Howard's name could be Coate, but as he is provably a Cpusin, it could be a different family name. The children look about 6-10 years old. This would mean that the two little boys are the Coate boys and the older child is a boy named Howard even though he is wearing a dress. We do not know the relationship between the three, but you would assume that Howard was a cousin. It is rather unusual to have a photograph of an older boy wearing a dress with younger boys wearing knee pants. Normally a boy this age would want to wear trousers if his younger relatives were already breached, Unfortunately we do not have any more details about the family.
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