Figure 1.--We have a cabinet casd which looks rather like a CDV. It is a portrait of a boy named Jim Anderson. His proper name was probably James. He looks to be about 4 years old. Australia like the United States and other dominions had immigrants from Scotland (less commonly Scandanavia). Anderson was a common name in Scotland. Jim is wearing a Highland kilt outfit. It is a standard outfit except that the knne socks are banded rather than a argyle pattern. Jim has a Peter Pan collar. Eton collars were more common with these outfits.

We have a cabinet casd which looks rather like a CDV. It is a portrait of a boy named Jim Anderson. His proper name was probably James. He looks to be about 4 years old. Australia like the United States and other dominions had immigrants from Scotland (less commonly Scandanavia). Anderson was a common name in Scotland. Jim is wearing a Highland kilt outfit. It is a standard outfit except that the knee socks are banded rather than a argyle pattern. Jim has a Peter Pan collar. Eton collars were more common with these outfits. His Highland kilt outfit is quite elaborate, sugesting a family in confortable circumstances. All we know about him is that he was from Geelong in Australia. Geelong is a port southwest of Melbourne in Victoria state. It is dfficult to date folk outfits like this because they do not change with contemprary fashion trends. The dealer thought the cabinet card dated to the 1880s. That seems to go along with the banded knee socks which were popular in the 1870s and we continue to see them in the early-80s. We have found several of these Higland kilt outfits in the Dominions, they are usually younger boys. Similar portraits from Scotlsnd and England can include some older boys. The studio was Massingham in Geelong.

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