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Here we see an unidentified American family. It is undated, but looks to be the 1940s to us, possibly the late-40s. We have no idea where the photograph was taken. It could have been anywhere in the country. The image looks staged to us, but men did more commonly wear suits in the 1940s than is common today. Its a little hard to see just what the boy is wearing, but it looks to be some sort of shorts set. The girl wears a dress which was still quite common at the time. This looks like the children were dressed up forv the hime poetrrait. They are clearly a middle-class family given dad's suit. The living room is very basic and mom unlike dad is not dressed up. All of this suggests that that they were not paricularly affluent. or perhaps a brand-new post-War home.
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