Figure 1.--This cabinet card portrait shows two unidentified children from Stockport. They look to be about 5-8 years of age. Wearing dresses beyond about 6 years of age was not common, but also not unknown. All we know about the portrait is that it was taken at the A. Hulme studio. The children wear identical dark velvet dresses with starburst lace collars and colored sashes. The portrait is undated, but we would guess was made during the 1880s. The children look like boys as do their hair cuts, but that is all we have to go on as to gender.

This cabinet card portrait shows two unidentified children from Stockport (figure 1). They look to be about 5-8 years of age. All we know about the portrait is that it was taken at the A. Hulme studio. They wear identical dark velvet dresses with starburst lace collars and colored sashes. The wide sashes suggest there is a substbtial bow at the back. Both have dark long stockings and high-top shoes. The portrait is undated, but we would guess was made about 1880. The children look like boys as do their hair cuts, but that is all we have to go on as to gender. The older child could be a girl with a short haot cut.. But iit sure looks like a boy. nly there is no way to know for sure.

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