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[andyg0404]

Hi Betty,

I wondered what happened to my last post. Here it is again.

Here’s an oddity.

Vintage Snapshot Photo - Boys And Girls, All Wearing Dresses - Toy Cart/Wagon

http://tinyurl.com/zoy52kv

Andy G.

[Betty]

Not too odd because a lot of boys wore dresses back then. From the wagon in the background, I guessing the picture is very old.

[andyg0404]

Hi,

There are lots of old pictures like this at the auction site but I thought this was a particularly nice one.

CDV - Little Boy Dressed in Frilly Dress, White Leggings & Shoes - Hudson, NY

http://tinyurl.com/pnjkjut

Andy G.

[Betty]

Yep. That's a nice dress & a pretty clear picture for its age. The only thing missing is some pretty frilly puffed sleeves.

[Robyn Jodie]

Ummm....I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but the photo looks like it's from the late 1800's.  Up until the early 1900s (so I've been told) it was a pretty strict convention that a boy's hair was parted on the side, a girl's in the middle.  So in spite of the seller's caption, unless it says something like "Uncle Arthur" on the back I think this may actually be a girl.  Nevertheless, if people like thinking it's a boy, it's a boy as far as they're concerned.

[Betty]

I don't know much about the styles & fashions of that era, but I have seen pix of boys from the 1920s & 30s with hair parted in the middle. I always thought dresses with a dropped/low waist was a fashion of the 1920s.

[Robyn Jodie]

I don't know what changed, but by the 1920s-1930s boys, especially older boys, were parting their hair in the center.  As far as the style of dress, I'm not so sure it's drop-waisted -- usually there was a belt, while in the photo it looks like just a panel of the dress.  And the boots look more Victorian than 1920s.  But I freely admit I could be 100% wrong about the era, in which case it could well be a boy.

[andyg0404]

Hi,

Thought this was cute.

VINTAGE CDV PHOTO OF BOY IN A DRESS (CDV15)

http://tinyurl.com/hru4bok

Andy G.

[andyg0404]

Hi,

This is a very nice, clear picture of Kim Burfield, along with Barbara Jeffords and George Maharis from Miss Belle.

http://tinyurl.com/jeb3zr9

Andy G

[Robyn Jodie]

Nice finds.  I should have commented earlier on the Arthur D. Jones photo; he sure looks like he's having a great time.