emen
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Post by emen on Jun 25, 2012 18:42:19 GMT -5
Wondering if anyone can identify these three figures on an R.L.Kelly cabinet card. Attachments:
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Post by grahamew on Jun 26, 2012 13:04:06 GMT -5
Thanks for posting this. A later Kelly by the backdrop, though I'm not sure what 'later' is defined as. 1890s? Early 1900s? I'll re-post it in the Kelly thread for comparison.
My guess, possibly completely wrong, is that this shows the proud mother and ather with their daughter who has been educated off the reservation at Carlisle or Hampton or Wabash or some such place. I have no idea who they might be, unfortunately. Do you have any idea of the date?
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winona
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Post by winona on Jun 26, 2012 14:47:21 GMT -5
Just a guess based on the young woman's clothes--around 1910-12, because she is wearing a shirtwaist blouse, but the sleeves are narrow, not leg'o mutton as in the 1890s. The large flowered hat would fit with the post 1900 as well. Narrow skirt could even move it into 1916-18. Clothes for women got more austere, and less ornamented.
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Post by emen on Jun 30, 2012 19:25:12 GMT -5
Sorry, I do not know the year.
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Post by emen on Jun 30, 2012 19:28:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the knowledgeable reply about the clothes during this era.
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Post by winona on Jul 2, 2012 15:39:03 GMT -5
Emen, I looked at your photo again; look at the young woman's waist, just above the older woman's shoulder. I believe that is a round, metal handbag on a chain, or shoulder chain. I have seem similar ones in store ads from 1915 through about 1918. They were small and compact. Sometimes made of shaped, hard leather, but the shape and chain handle is right.
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