Figure 1.--This AZO postcard-back portrait shows the three Kelly Johnston boys. This is a little unusual in that Americans do not usually use two last names and there is no hyphen as is the British coinvention, but mother or father have clearly used two last (family or sur-) names when they identified the children on the back. The portrait could have been takem any time from about 1904-18) when AZO stamp boxes (four triangles up) and tunics like the one the middle boy is wearing were most popular. We think about 1910 is a good guess. The boys are: Hooks (1 years old), Cay (3 years), and Nathan Jordan (5 years). Click on the image if you think you can read the writing better than we were able to do.

This AZO postcard-back portrait shows the three Kelly Johnston boys. This is a little unusual in that Americans do not usually use two last names and there is no hyphen as is the British coinvention, but mother or father have clearly used two last (family or sur-) names when they identified the children on the back. The portrait could have been takem any time from about 1904-18) when AZO stamp boxes (four triangles up) and tunics like the one the middle boy is wearing were most popular. We think about 1910 is a good guess. The boys are: Hooks (1 years old), Cay (3 years), and Nathan Jordan (5 years). This is a good example of why when we estimtee afes in ythese old photograophs that we generally allow at least 2 years between siblkings. Ofcourse shorter periods re possible, but we think less than 1 1/2 years is unusual. Hooks (an unusual name) wears a baby dress and is placed in the middle on a toy or hobby horse. This one does not rock and is on wheels. Coy wers a classic sailor tunic. It looks to be a light color rather than white. The ornamental belt is also a lightcolor rather than the more usual black. Nathan wears a blouse sailor suit with bloomer knickers. It seems to be a light color suit rather than white. He had a large white floppy bow and looks to have a detachable Eton collar. Both older boys wear dark long stockings. The studio is Foltz in Savanah, Georgia.

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