Figure 1.--As in other countries, some Finish parents liked to dress heir children in idnical or similsr outfits. This cabinet card has a stamped studio name -- Ellen Björklund. This is presumably Finnish as the dealer is Russian. The Russian dealer believes it is Finnish. The mount style and color suggests it was taken in the 1900s. All the four children wear identical dresses. The children look to be about 3-14 yeatrs old. We at first thought hey were foiur sisters, but on closer examintion we think the blond child at the left is a boy. Not only dies he look byih, but he foes not have a center hair part like the girls.

Many parents chose to dress their children in identical or similar outfits. There are many different approaches here. Sometimes there were similar outfits for just the boys or just the girls. Some times there were similar outfits for certain age groups, usually the younger children. And in some cases all of the children. In some cases the outfits ere similar rather thn identical. We notice nothing specifically Finnih about this, we see this in many other countries. We do not yet know just how common this was in Finland. Our Finnish archive is still fairly limited which means we do not yet have enough images to make any real assessment.

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