Figure 1.-- This oval format cabinet card has no studio informtion, only an indicsation that Charles V. Carter was one of the students. The portrait is undated, but the mount and clothing styled suggest to us that it was taken in the 1870s. It looks to us like an all-boys private school. The boys look to us like they are about 9-10 yers old. The boys are all well dressed wearing a variety of fashionable suits. this abd the all-boys school suggests a private school. The boys look to us to be wearing single breasted sacks suits, alhough we see one cut-away jacket and one saioir suit.

This oval format cabinet card has no studio informtion, only an indicsation that Charles V. Carter was one of the students. The portrait is undated, but the mount and clothing styled suggest to us that it was taken in the 1870s. It looks to us like an all-boys private school. The boys look to us like they are about 9-10 yers old. The boys are all well dressed wearing a variety of fashionable suits. this abd the all-boys school suggests a private school. The boys look to us to be wearing single breasted sacks suits, alhough we see one cut-away jacket and one saioir suit. Another boy has stripped stockings, a popular 1870s style. the neckwear seenms standards for the 1870s stocks, bow ties, and string ties. The suits are mostly knee pants suits. it looks to be the school in the backgrond, but it may be a studio backdrop.

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