Figure 1.--This CDV portrait shows three unidentified children, presumably siblings reading a book on one of the cloth colored tables common in early photographs. There are three children, about 5-12 years old. They are nicely posed reading a book. At first glance it looks like two girls and a boy, but actually it is two boys and a girl. Notice the girl's center hair part and the boys' side parts. The girls wears a blouse with embrodiery and a checked skirt. The boys wear cut-away jacket suits with long pants. The yonger boy has two hair parts parts and loosely done ringlet curls. Given their clothes and hair styles, we would guess they came from a comfortble, but not well-to do family. The portrait is undated but looks to have been taken in the Civil War era. There is no revenue stamp so it wouuld have probably been taken just before or after 1864-66. The studio was Maurice Stadtfeld in New York City. It was a quality studio on Broadway.

This CDV portrait shows three unidentified children, presumably siblings reading a book on one of the cloth colored tables common in early photographs. There are three children, about 5-12 years old. They are nicely posed reading a book. At first glance it looks like two girls and a boy, but actually it is two boys and a girl. Notice the girl's center hair part and the boys' side parts. The girls wears a blouse with embroidery and a checked skirt. Usually girls put on their best dress for a portrait, but this girl is wearing a blouse and skirt. We believe that this informal style was more common than often suggested by the photograohic record. The boys wear cut-away jacket suits with long pants. The yonger boy has two hair parts parts and loosely done ringlet curls. Given their clothes and hair styles, we would guess they came from a comfortble, but not well-to do family. The portrait is undated but looks to have been taken in the Civil War era. There is no revenue stamp so it wouuld have probably been taken just before or after 1864-66. The studio was Maurice Stadtfeld in New York City. It was a quality studio on Broadway.

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