Figure 1.--This cabinet card shows a 6-year old boy named Dudley Lewis which we know because of an inscription on the back. We might have guessed a year or two older, but '6 years' is seitten on the back of the card. Dudley according to the dealer was apparently born in 1904 which would mean that the portrait was taken in 1910. He died in 1983. Dudley has a center hair part and wears a light-colored sailor suit. We are not sure abour the actual color, perhaps grey. He has a sailor blouse and knicker pants worn with black long-stockings. We might have guess that the portrait was taken a few years earlier because if the style of the mount. But 1910 seems plausible for the knickers. which appeared about that time. This cabinet card measures 5.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall. About the turn-of-the 20th century we begin to see new styles of cabinet cards like this. A card 11 inches high was, however, unusually high. The studio was Vast or Vash Studio in Denver Colorado.

Dudley Lewsis (United States, about 1910)

This cabinet card shows a 6-year old boy named Dudley Lewis which we know because of an inscription on the back. We might have guessed a year or two older, but '6 years' is seitten on the back of the card. Dudley according to the dealer was apparently born in 1904 which would mean that the portrait was taken in 1910. He died in 1983. Dudley has a center hair part and wears a light-colored sailor suit. We are not sure abour the actual color, perhaps grey. He has a sailor blouse and knicker pants worn with black long-stockings. We might have guess that the portrait was taken a few years earlier because if the style of the mount. But 1910 seems plausible for the knickers. which appeared about that time. This cabinet card measures 5.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall. About the turn-of-the 20th century we begin to see new styles of cabinet cards like this. A card 11 inches high was, however, unusually high. The studio was Vast or Vash Studio in Denver Colorado. A reader writes, "I would have thought he was older than 6. I would have said 8 to 10. In 1910 I would have expected Dudley to wear a tunic suit rather than a blouse sailor suit and his hair would probably have been in bangs and thicker on the side; however there is great variation in mother's dressing their children and the size and development of children also changes drastically."







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