French Families: Unidentified Dunkirk Family (1900)
Figure 1.--Here we see three unidentified kids at Dunkirk (Dunkerque), a beach and small port near the Belgian border. We of course recognize it as critically important World War II battle. At the time i=t was just one of many French Channel Coast coast resorts. The cabinet card portrait is undated, but the mount looks to us like a style prominent in the early-20th centuty. The children look to be about 6-13 years old, two boys and a girl. Notice how they are dressed for the beach. The younger children could be twins, but are probably just close in age. They wear velvet outfits with white collars. The girl wears a dress with a lace collar. The boy wears a knee pants sailor suit. Their big brother wears a Norfolk suits with an Eton collar and knicker panrs. Botyh boys wear long stockings. The children hils beach play itemns, a net and and spade. This suggests to us that they are tourists rather than residents. The studio was Luzzatto in Dunkirk. The pohitographer brags aboiut using electrical illummination. We have not seen that before.
Here we see three unidentified kids at Dunkirk (Dunkerque), a beach and small port near the Belgian border. We of course recognize it as critically important World War II battle. At the time i=t was just one of many French Channel Coast coast resorts. The cabinet card portrait is undated, but the mount looks to us like a style prominent in the early-20th centuty. The children look to be about 6-13 years old, two boys and a girl. Notice how they are dressed for the beach. The younger children could be twins, but are probably just close in age. They wear velvet outfits with white collars. The girl wears a dress with a lace collar. The boy wears a knee pants sailor suit. Their big brother wears a Norfolk suits with an Eton collar and knicker panrs. Botyh boys wear long stockings. The children hils beach play itemns, a net and and spade. This suggests to us that they are tourists rather than residents. The studio was Luzzatto in Dunkirk. The pohitographer brags aboiut using electrical illummination. We have not seen that before.
