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Here we have a cabinet card that is both named and dated. These are particularly valuable, especially the daing in our fashion assessments. The boy's first name, Zue, is unusual, especially mixed with his other two rather standard names. The origins of Zue (short for Zuta or Zuzu). The origin is described as Jewish and Slavonic. Peck is a well know name because of the Peck's bad boy stories. We know that Zue was 7 years old and the portrait was April 24, 1892. He wears a cut-away jacket knee pants suit. This was the suit style commonly used for Fauntleroy outfits. Despite the floppy bow (modest for the time), this is not a Fauntleroy outfit. Note that he has an Eton collar rather than a Fauntleroy ruffled collar and a vest rather than a fancy Fauntleroy blouse. Age may have been afactor here, but Fauntleroy collars weee commonly worn by boys at age 7 years. Notice the embroidery on the jacket. As was standard for the time, he wears black long stockings and high-top shoes. The studio was F.G. Schumacher in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles was growing, but not yet a major city. We are not sure if that was a fashion factor.
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