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We know nothing about the boys here except that their portrait was taken in Bayreuth in 1877. The boys look like they are about 9 and 11 years old. This CDV portrait has two brothers in matching suits. The boys wear doubled breasted, long pants suits. Note the second row of jackets buttons seem to be purely ornamental. Long pants were still common, even for boys this age. You can't make out the shirt, but they wear stocks. I'm not sure how common stocks were in Germany during the 1870s, especially the late 70s. I associate them more with the 60s. Also note their shoes which seemed to be made out of two materials. Note the hair styles. The boys have able hair which was combed. The common cropped hair common at the turn of the century was not very common in the 70s, although this probably varied by social class.
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