Figure 1.--We note a portrait of happy little boy wearing a low-waistline dress. He is identified on the back as Bert Cross and a proud mother also tells that he was 2 years, 1 month old, He has styled long hair, although well off the shoulders. The studio was Lindquist in Superior, Wisconson. The cabinet card is undated, but as it is one of the new style mounts, we suspect it was taken around 1905. A relatively narrow, vertically format image was also popular.

Bert Cross (United States, about 1905)

We note a portrait of happy little boy wearing a low-waistline dress. He is identified on the back as Bert Cross and a proud Mother has added a locket. Mother also tells us that Bert was 2 years, 1 month old, He has styled long hair, although well off the shoulders. The studio was Lindquist in Superior, Wisconson. The cabinet card is undated, but as it is one of the new style mounts, we suspect it was taken arounf 1905. Bert wears a fancy white (or light-colored pastel) dress with hlf-length baloon sleeves. It was becoming less common for boys to wear dfesses, but we still see quite a number of younger boys wearing them in the 1900s. Note thtt mother has chosen long stocking. In Europe children this age would have probably worn sicks rather than stockings. And notice that the stockngs were black. White long stockings were also worn, but black long stockings wee very common at the time, even with white outfits.






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