Figure 1.-- Andrews wears a plain little outfit whose shirt buttons on his trousers. His stockings have a wide stripe and his high-top shoes are tall and tightly laced. The Photographic studio was: Parker's Photographic Parlors, Downey Block, No. 65 Main Street, Los Angeles, California.

This CDV portrait was made about 1875 in Los Angeles, California. The boy is identified on the card as Andrew Richardson, age 3 years. We believe he is Andrew Mellor Richardson, son of Solomon Richardson, Jr., and wife, Agnes Mellor. Andrew was born in 1872 in California and lived in San Gabriel, Los Angles County, California, in 1880, and at the time he completed his draft registration for World War I he was still living in San Gabriel. In the 1880 census, Andrew's father was listed as an orange orchardist. It is not clear if he owned an orchard or was just employed by one. The CDV is a sandard size of cardstock: app. 2.5 in. by 4 in. It is on light colored cardstock; no border; round corners. Andrews wears a plain collar-buttoning knee pants suit. The jacket buttons on to the knee pants. His striped stockings have a wide stripe and his dscalloped -top high-top shoes are tall and tightly laced. Notice the ringlet curls which do not quite reach his shoulders. The Photographic studio was: Parker's Photographic Parlors, Downey Block, No. 65 Main Street, Los Angeles, California.

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