Figure 1.--This cabinet card portrait shows the five children of Georege Robinson. The children look to be about 2-12 years of age. There are three boys and 2 girls. The younger boys wear knee pants suits. The youngest boy seems to have a vested suit with a sailor style back flao. The other youngr boy wears his jacket opened. One boy wears a plaid shirt. Both younger boys have collar-buttoning suits worn with floppy bows. The older boy wear a lapel, vested suit with neck tie. The boys have short, croppd hair, something that was not all that common in America. The girls werar stylish dresses.

This cabinet card portrait shows the five children of Georege Robinson. The name is written on the back. The children look to be about 2-12 years of age. There are three boys and 2 girls. The younger boys wear knee pants suits. The youngest boy seems to have a vested suit with a sailor style back flao. The other youngr boy wears his jacket opened. One boy wears a plaid shirt. Both younger boys have collar-buttoning suits worn with floppy bows. The older boy wear a lapel, vested suit with neck tie. It is a long pants suit. Knee pants were not yet virually imoversal as they would become in the 1890s. The boys have short, croppd hair, something that was not all that common in America. The girls werar stylish dresses. The portrait is not dated, bit looks lik the 1880s to us. The studio was Sackett & Carlson, Sycamore Illinois.

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