Figure 1.--We think this is an interesting photo, probably taken around 1918-20, showing a boy, who looks about 12 years old, with either his mother or his big sister. (we tend toi think mther because such heavy girls were un common at the time. There is a clear family resemblance. At first we thought this must be from the 1920s but the length of the woman's dress makes us incline to the earlier date. They are out in the country with their collie dog, perhaps on a berry-picking expedition since the boy is carrying an empty white enamleled bucket, perhpas for collection of berries.

We think this is an interesting photo, probably taken around 1918-20, showing a boy, who looks about 12 years old, with either his mother or his big sister. (we tend toi think mther because such heavy girls were un common at the time. There is a clear family resemblance. At first we thought this must be from the 1920s but the length of the woman's dress makes us incline to the earlier date. As does a girk wearing a long dress. They are out in the country with their collie dog, perhaps on a berry-picking expedition since the boy is carrying an empty white enamleled bucket, perhpas for collection of berries. The Model-T made such expeditions possible. The boy is wearing a warm jacket like a sweater with knit collar and a string closure at the neck. He seems to have a white shirt on underneath. He wears above-the-knee knickers with the customary long black stockings, not very tautly gartered. The looseness of the black stockings may indicate long underwear underneath since this was common practice, but we are just guessing here. The woman beside him looks quite young and may be the boy's big sister rather than his mother. The picture is a snapshot found in a shop in upper New York state, which may be a clue to the region.

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