Figure 1.--Here we see a studio CDV with an unidentified mother and son, based on the general CDV characteristics, like the blank background we would date this from the late-1860s or early-70s. The the rounded corners, however, mean that it was probably taken in the early-70s. Rounded corners are one of the most reliable dating chsrscteristica. The boy looks to be about 7-years old. The boy wears a decorated button-on suir. Notice the top and pants are domne with the same material. Notice how baggy the pants are. It looks like mother has some neededwork on her hap. The studio was Brand in Chicago.

Most of pants for these suits were cut like normal pants, not real tight and not particularly baggy. We notice some of these outfuts were done with very baggy pamys. Often they were decotated suits. These decirated suits tended to be the bloomer knicker outfits. The decorations were done with the decoatiinson the oants matching the decorations on the tops. We note some really baggy full cut pants. This was before knickers were commonly worn. In fact we do not see bafggy knickers until much later in the fashion record. These baggy bloomer knickers were not as common ss the vmore regulsar cut vpabrs, byr we see quite a number if them in the ohotographic record.

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