Figure 1.--Erhard and Nora Keil had their portrait taken in 1910. We are not positive where their portrait was taken, but the photographer Carl Platz had studios in Moritzburg and Radeburg.
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Figure 1.--Erhard and Nora Keil had their portrait taken in 1910. We are not positive where their portrait was taken, but the photographer Carl Platz had studios in Moritzburg and Radeburg. |
The children here are brother and sister Erhard and Nora Keil. We know nothing about them. We assume given their elaborate outfits that they cam from an affluent family.
The portrait portrait taken in 1910.
We are not positive where their portrait was taken, but the photographer Carl Platz had studios in Moritzburg and Radeburg. I'm not sure where this is in Germany, but the folk costumes they wore suggest southern Germany--perhaps Bavaria. Moritzburg and Radeburg are small towns near Dresden (Sachsen, Saxony).
The boy wears a black wide-brimmed hat, I believe with a rounded crown. He has a white shirt and necktie with a lether halter and very wide belt. The belt has an oval highly decorated area. He has long shorts, but they do not appear to be leather lederhosen. They are hevily decorated with stars (more likely Edelweis--an Alpine flower) and other emroidery. His socks are paterened. His sister wears a similar black hat. It is a little difficult to figure out her outfit. It appears to b a white blouse, vest, colored skirt, and white apron. Notre that his hair is cut short in bangs. Her hair style is bit more difficult to determine.
A German reader tells us, "About Nora and Erhardt Keil, these two children look very Alpine/Bavarian. In fact TOO MUCH. I believe they DO wear Bavarian style but it's not the style of their region. The decorations you describe as stars on the boys lederhosen and halter are
white flowers, possibly Edelweis, or something like that. Carl Platz however didn't had his studios in Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg. Morizburg and Radeburg are both located near Dresden in Saxony, East Germany. Remember the places that have been flooded not so
long ago. I must admit the hats doesn't look very Alpine/Bavarian.
We have acquired a few portraits of Austrian and German children in folk costumes taken at the turn of the 20th century. We are just beginning our assessment of these images. The question becomes, are these accurate folk costumes. Folk costume at the time were worn in regional areas and small towns rather than in large German cities. We think that many of these portraits are of city children dressed up by their mothers in fanciful costumes. Some may be accurate folk costumes of the region or of the region wher their parents came from. Others may be fanciful outfits based on an urban mother's concept of folk costumes.
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