Earl Andersen

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01/04/2019

Isn't he adorable? No question it's a boy - even over a century ago. But would we dress boys in big ruffles today?

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Jean White

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01/04/2019

Style at that time showed affluence.

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01/04/2019

Which would be surprising at that place in that time! :)

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Jean White

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01/04/2019

Enlighten me... on why not,,

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01/04/2019

Jean LaRue White It wasn't really a big city in those days - you had to work hard to be affluent.

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Marilynn Marlow

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01/04/2019

It didnt matter the size of the city/town then....my father's family came from farms/farm country outside if any large cities in central Illinois and for the time they "had money"/were affluent in their communities....in the studio photos they were dressed like this too

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Jean White

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01/04/2019

Marilynn Marlow Quiet right! TY. Time to be spending my time with my own descendant's beautiful affluence picturee!

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Pat Rowland Carothers

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01/04/2019

His father was a tailor in his own tailor shop. Might explain his dress. His father also owned his home, free and clear. Earl's parents were both from Denmark., and Earl was abut 2-3 in this photo. He was born in Jan of 1898, in Seattle.

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Jean White

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01/05/2019

Pat Rowland Carothers l rather think, that's affluence!

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Jean White

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01/04/2019

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Doug Williams

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01/04/2019

the look on his face says, " when I get big, someone is going to pay for this!!" lol

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Jim Retzer

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01/04/2019

Pulls out this picture and slaps it on the table as he signs the paperwork checking the parents into a retirement home.

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Doug Williams

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01/04/2019

yep. he could also be thinking, " remember, One day I'll get to pick out the clothes you are buried in"

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Dawn Elise Pizorno Hansen

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01/04/2019

An 11 year old drag queen tells me we do!

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Currita Alonso Merino

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Jim Retzer

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01/04/2019

On his way to a lobster buffet, no doubt.

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KellieAnne Foreman

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01/04/2019

Oh but we have!

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Linda Woody

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01/04/2019

I am thinking at the time, the very little boys were dressed for convenience and rather feminine to signify they were not yet ready for the greater world where they would be working or for a lucky few, engaged in school work for 8-12 years +. They were still under the influence of their Mother, female relatives, or employed care-giving staff such as a Governess/Nanny or Housekeeper. They did dress up for photographs as well as Church if they attended.

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Lynda Lerum

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01/04/2019

No we wouldn't dress boys in ruffles today, unless they wanted them.

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Puente Diane

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01/04/2019

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Anne Seay Potter

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01/04/2019

I dressed our son in knickers and smocking until he was nearly six...for church only of course.

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Becky Kelly

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01/04/2019

So cute. Love these old pictures.

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Carine Munro

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01/04/2019

the eighties had plenty of this too! LOL

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Jan Mortimer

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01/06/2019

Why little boys were so emasculated in pictures is beyond me. Not for my sons.

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Elizabeth Bullard

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02/02/2019

This is my granduncle, Earl Andersen, brother of Hazel Andersen (whose baby photo you posted here on 30 Jan 2019). He was born 15 Jan 1898 in Seattle to Danish immigrants Steffen Andersen and Anna Christine Hansen. His father was a talented and popular tailor who made clothing for all 8 of his children. I assure you that the ruffles here caused no long-term trauma. Haha! He did just fine for himself. :)

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Elizabeth Bullard

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02/02/2019

I would not say that this family was especially affluent, but they did okay for themselves. My granduncle, Earl (pictured in ruffles here), was the 2nd of eight children. His father, a tailor, made all of his children's clothing. :)

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