Figure 1.--This cabint card shows a little boy wearing a white dress. The dress has lace trim and he has a collar brooch. He has a velvet hat and coat with large buttons and wears button up boots. He is pictured holding on to the the ropes on a swing, a popular posing device. The studio was N.B. Strong, Instantaneous Photographs, Cooper Building, Cr. 4th and F Sts, Eureka California. The reverse has been etched with what looks to be Carlton R Gardner, aged 3 years 4 months. The portrait is undated, but we would guess the 1880s. Click on the image to zoom in on Carlton's cap.

This cabint card shows a little boy wearing a white dress. The dress has lace trim and he has a collar brooch. He has a velvet hat and coat with large buttons and wears button up boots. He is pictured holding on to the the ropes on a swing, a popular posing device. The studio was N.B. Strong, Instantaneous Photographs, Cooper Building, Cr. 4th and F Sts, Eureka California. The reverse has been etched with what looks to be Carlton R Gardner, aged 3 years 4 months. The portrait is undated, but we would guess the 1880s. The card mount is a dark bluish green with gold letters. We believe that dark-colored mounts with gold letters were popular in the 1880s.

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