Wordless Wednesday is a daily
prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which
the main focus is a photograph or image.
This cabinet card is one of several in a photo album
belonging to my great grandmother Mary Frances Jollett Davis. Like the others, the subjects are unknown to
me. However, this one is especially
charming because the boys are so well-dressed.
The photography studio was Star Studio in Shenandoah,
Virginia.
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2014, Wendy Mathias. All rights reserved.
Aah, what sweet boys who look as if they would really rather be elsewhere. We are so lucky these days to be able to snap and print anywhere, anytime but back then you had to dress up and stand still for ages.
ReplyDeleteYes, and we can delete those horrible pictures.
DeleteAdorable. I love the shirt collars!
ReplyDeleteAren't they great?
DeleteAw, they're so cute! I wonder what their life was like...
ReplyDeleteI do too. Did they become farmers? Railroad men? Who were their wives and children?
DeleteOh, don't you wish there was a way to find out who these two are?! I love the expression on the taller boy's face. Wonder what he was thinking...
ReplyDeleteProbably, "Mom, I'm too old for this collar." (Even if he wasn't!)
DeleteLook at those boots!
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many shoe buttoners their mom had. I wonder if that was one of those tools that got lost as quickly as a remote control.
DeleteIt tickles me to see frills on little boys. Love the collar. I think the boys look like they're eager to be done with the photo session and get back to regular clothes and play.
ReplyDeleteThinking of the button hooks -- I've seen them before and it's hard to imagine them being easy to manipulate when the boot's on the foot of a young boy!
I hope some family member - a distant relative to you - sees the photo and recognizes these boys. They deserve to have their names attached to their photos.
I keep hoping someone will recognize these photos!
DeleteI hadn't considered how much fun it had to be buttoning boys' shoes. I guess that's why someone invented velcro.