Figure 1.-- The children look to be about 6 months to 5 years old. The baby is done up in a great infant outfit complete with a huge bonnet. The boy wears a jacket with a Fauntleroy collar, short pants, and strap shoes. His tam has a pom, rather like a French navy cap. Their older sister wears a classic broad-brimmed hat with a light-colored summer dress, pantalettes, and black long stockings. She has a hair bow and ringlet curls.

This looks to us like a prosperous middle-class family on vacation. Unfortunately we have no information on the family other than it has a postcard back showing that it was English and taken some time in the eary-20th centurty. It looks like the 1900s to us, but the early-1910s is possible. We think the the family is on vacation, because of the donkey and cottage. Donkeys were often found at beach vacation sites, but may have been available at other resort areas. We are not sure if the donkey her is a real or studio stuffed donkey prop. The cottage is a studio backdrop looking like what a family might rent for a vacation stay. We suspect that they had a much grander home. The family had three children. The parents look rather old for such young children. We thought that they might be grandparents, but the baby sems very young to be entrusted to the grandparents for a vacation. The children look to be about 6 months to 5 years old. The baby is done up in a great infant outfit complete with a huge bonnet. The boy wears a jacket with a Fauntleroy collar, short pants, white three-quarter socks, and strap shoes. His tam has a pom, rather like a French navy cap. Their older sister wears a classic broad-brimmed hat with a light-colored summer dress, pantalettes, and black long stockings. She has a hair bow and ringlet curls.

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Last updated: 6:43 PM 3/1/2015