Figure 1.--Here we see the extended Grisham family in Missouri during 1907. We do not know much about the family, but the portrait does show the different styles worn by various family members.

Many of our family images are portraits of a nuclear family, meaning the parents and children. There are also images of extended families, some of which can be quite large. This portrait shows the large Lowry/Grisham family in Missouri during 1907. We are unsure about the family name. A HBC reader forwarded us this photograph from a website about the Lowry family. Yet the image was coded Grisham. We assume that there was a close relationship between the two families. We know nothing about the family, but it looks to be a rural family. The family is so large, hopefully some HBC readers will know about the family and provide us some biographical details. The family portrait shows the various clothing styles being worn by all the family members. The boys almost all wear kneepants suits, except for one little boy wearing a white tunic. Here we have one question. Notice how the boys and girls are grouped sparately. Notice in the middle of the boys is a child wearing a dark dress. We wonder if that child is a boy. The women wear long dresses. The girls wears dresses cut at various lengths below their knees. Here we wonder. We know the boys wanted long pants like their fathers. Did the girls want long dresses like their mothers? Perhaps the girls wanted to look grown up. Perhaps they saw the long skirts as cumbersome or old fashioned. Hopefull HBC readers will be able to provide us some details here. Another questin we have is why there are so many more boys than girls?

Created: February 9, 2004
Last updated: February 9, 2004