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This is an interesting view of not only Harold Wilson, but the inside of his home. Most 19th century photographs were studio portraits. Here we see Harold in the parlor of his home. Harold lived in Harwichport, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. He was 8-9 years old and wears a middy blouse and knee pants. The blouse is a button up striped one. The dickey seems to match the blouse. Note that Harold is wearing the dickey with his middy blouse. You might have thought he would have taken it off during the summer, but perhaps mother put it on for the photograph.
Most boys in the 1890s like Harold wore knee pants with black long stockings. Note that Cape Cod wa a summer vacation spot and even in the summer Harold is wearing black long stockings.
He stands next to a stuffed easy chair covered in brocade or velvet, with a lace antimacassar draped on the back. The parlor has ornately flowered wallpaper and carpet, a framed painting on the wall and other artwork that can be seen behind the chair. In the sunny window is a plant stand and plant - a unique glimpse of the furnishings in use by an affluent family at the turn of the last century. He was related to a family from Westboro, Massachusetts whose history included connections to early textile manufacturing mills in Lowell, Massachusetts and to the the Cordaville Woolen Mills in Southboro.
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