Figure 1.--Here we have a portrait of William Dougherty. He was presumably from St. Louis, Missouri because his portrait was taken at the Murillo studio there. The portrait is not dated but we would guess that it was taken about 1905. His elegant sailor suit looks like the styles popular at the turn of the 20th century. The style of the portrait mount suggest that the portrait was taken in the 1900s, roughly anout 1905.

Dougherty, William (United States, about 1905)

Here we have a portrait of William Dougherty. He was presumably from St. Louis, Missouri because his portrait was taken at the Murillo studio there. The portrait is not dated but we would guess that it was taken about 1905. His elegant sailor suit looks like the styles popular at the turn of the 20th century. The style of the portrait mount suggest that the portrait was taken in the 1900s, roughly anout 1905. We are not sure how old William is, but would guess about 5 years old. William wears a fancy suit, strap shoes, and ringlet curls. Notice how the jacket decorated with elaborate buttons does not close so as to show off a fancy dickey with an embroidered star. This is an interesting image because it shows the entire front of the dickey.Rather interesting that with so many buttons that the jacket did not close. This was a common feature for Fauntleroy suits, but less common for sailor suits. William wears matching kneepants with black long stockings and rather pointed strap shoes. Most kneepants came with three ornamental buttons at the knee hem. William in keeping with the use of buttons on his jacket has five. Note how the shoes are decorated with bows. William has elaborate ringlets that come just to his shoulders. Ringlet curls were still worn by boys in the 1900s, but hey were beginning to decline in popularity. They were also worn with Fauntleroy suits. We see many portraits of boys wearing ringlet curls with with sailor suits, in part because sailor suits were so widely worn.








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