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This is an unidentified Ohio family. The portrait would have been taken in the 1890s, but the plain fashions involved provide no clues as to just when during the decade. We see the family's five children who came about just about as quickly as is biologically possible. The children look to be about new born to 7-years old. It could be slightly tighter, but not by much. The most likely scenario is new born to 7 years old. What is not at all clear just who the children are. A first glance that they are girls. This is very unlikely, however, that all these children are girls, but just who they are we are unsure. Gender is very confusing. They look like boys. The children seem to be wearing dresses, but such plain dresses are no common. It is possible that they are wearing smocks--especially the older children. The hair is equally confusing. We see mostly center parts suggesting girls, but the actual cuts are very boyish. Girls could have short cuts, but not normally as short as this. The studio is Strickmakers located in Canal Dover--now just Dover. The town was called Canal Dover because it was located along the Eire and Ohio Canal (1822-35). Better known is the Eire Canal (1817-25). The Eire Canal opened up the movement of people and goods from New York to the Great Lakes by going around the Appalachian Mountains. But moving inland from the Great Lakes was still an arduous undertaking. There were not yet any developed roads and the railroads were still a few decades in the future. The Eire and Ohio opened up the interior of Ohio by cutting across eastern Ohio from Lake Erie all the way to the Ohio River. The Canal played a central role in developing eastern Ohio.
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