Figure 1.-- Here we have a cabinet portrait of the Potter boys wearing matching sailor suits. The boys are Norman Woolsey Potter who was 4 1/2 years old and Clarence Griffiet Potter who was 7 1/2 years old. The sailor suits the boys wear are not the traditional "V" collar suits, but a much wider collar with elaborate stripes which croos each other. Norman has his hair done in bangs while Clarence has a cebnter part. The studio was Tomkin at 1227 Narket Street, San Francisco, California. The portrait is not dated, but the mount is the new styles that at appeared at the turn-of the 20th cedntury. Thus we would date it about 1900-05.

Here we have a cabinet portrait of the Potter boys wearing matching sailor suits. The boys are Norman Woolsey Potter who was 4 1/2 years old and Clarence Griffiet Potter who was 7 1/2 years old. The sailor suits the boys wear are not the traditional "V" collar suits, but a much wider collar with elaborate stripes which croos each other. Norman has his hair done in bangs while Clarence has a cebnter part. The studio was Tomkin at 1227 Narket Street, San Francisco, California. The portrait is not dated, but the mount is the new styles that at appeared at the turn-of the 20th century. It has an impressed studio logo. Thus we would date it about 1900-05. The whicker furniture helps to confirm that approximate date.

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