Figure 1.-- This portrait pictures a brother and sister about 9-11 years old, posed by a water well, we think in an effort to depict a rural scene. The portrait was taken by a Lynn, Massachusetts studio was meant to be a nostalgic scene. Or perhaps a Civil War scene. Lynn was an early American industrial city and some of the resisdents had fond images of their rural roots. The boy may be wearing a militry school unifirm, alhough the Eton collar and floppy bow were not usually worn at military schools. Kepis wwre worn at the time and not just a military schools. Striped knee pants, however, were not common. His sister wears a jacketed ress, with a black velvet jacket, large laace collar, and what looks line a small bustle, popular dress feature in the 1880s. Bustles for adukt womn were must more prominant. Also slso notice the scrunched fabric--also popular in the 80s.

This portrait pictures a brother and sister about 9-11 years old, posed by a water well, we think in an effort to depict a rural scene. The portrait was taken by a Lynn, Massachusetts studio was meant to be a nostalgic scene. Or perhaps a Civil War scene. Lynn was an early American industrial city and some of the resisdents had fond images of their rural roots. The boy may be wearing a militry school unifirm, alhough the Eton collar and floppy bow were not usually worn at military schools. Kepis wwre worn at the time and not just a military schools. Striped knee pants, however, were not common. His sister wears a jacketed ress, with a black velvet jacket, large laace collar, and what looks line a small bustle, popular dress feature in the 1880s. Bustles for adukt womn were must more prominant. Also slso notice the scrunched fabric--also popular in the 80s. The studio was Wires in Lynn.

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