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Here we have an unidentified Kansas family, the parents and three children. The he two older childrn look to be about 5-8 years old. They wear identical, rather plain dresses with collar ruffs , except for some minor difference at the sleeve shoulder. Wehave no idea about the color. The older girl is obviously a girl. We are not sure about the other child. The fact that they wear identical dresses suggests that they are both girls. We are not, however, positive. We think the child has a boyish look. But with younger like this, there is no way to be sure. The portrait is undated. We would guess it was taken in the 1880s.
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