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We do not have many 19th century First Communion portraits, but we begin to see more after the turn-of-he 20th century. This is a good example. We see a lot more in the 1910s, but clearly it was bcoming an established tradution to take studio First Communion portraits. The dark greyish green cabinet card mount helps date this First Communion portrait to the early 1900s decade, probably about 1903 or so. It was a large-sized cabinet card, 8" x 6". But the actual image is only about the same size as those on a standard classic cabinet card. There was just a lot more card, not more photograph. We believe the First Communion boy is the younger boy bcause he is holding the candle. He wears a fancy Fauntleroy blouse, but does not have a jacket. The blouse is unusual in the way the collar stands out. Large collars are not unusual, standing out like this was. It is difficult to make out, but he aklso has a large white floppy bow. His brother seems to be there just to back him up. He has a single breasted jacket worn with a small bow tie. Boh boys wear the same knee pants and black long stockings. Their hair is also done identically, sort of a slightly off center, center part. The studio was Schreiber in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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