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Unfortunately most of the images we have found with children wearing dresses do not identify them. There are images that are carefully ientified, usually on the back. But most of these old portraits are not identified. Often they are clearly girls. You can't be absolutely sure, but we think it is fairly same to think that most of the children are clearly girls. But they almost certainly include some girls. We will archive some of these image here with what we can make out. It is of course impossibe to determine gender with any certainty when the child is not identified. There are, however, some indicators that are very useful in assessing gender. We invite readers to comment if they see anything in the images that needs to be mentioned.
This cabinet card portrait is undated (figure 1). We would guess the 1880, but we are unsure. The children look like two girls, but the older child has aide part. This is normally an indication of boy. Notice how mother and the younger child have center parts. The children wear similar white dresses with different waist sashes. The older child has ringlets and a side hair bow.
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