Frank, Joseph, & Mary Langhorst

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12/17/2014

How adorable is this?

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Cherie Darmis

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06/21/2013

Still wondering why they dressed the boys like girls? Cute photo..

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Debi Garriques

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12/17/2014

How cute

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Hilma Johnson

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12/17/2014

too cute

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Jenn Houseman

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12/17/2014

In loveeeee w this picture!! Thank uu for sharing!!

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Joyce Rollins

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12/17/2014

Triplets! How cute and to survive back then was rare!

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Pamela Evans Daly

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12/18/2014

My gran had three girls, triplets, they all died.

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Nathalie Denis

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12/18/2014

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Loretta Jones

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12/17/2014

Wow triplets!! CooL

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Nannette Lamphere

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12/17/2014

precious and they didnt appear to move for the picture. Their mother did a great job...

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Loretta Jones

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12/17/2014

U mite like this page, Lisa :]

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Lisa Albanese

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12/17/2014

Oho, thanks! I will have to check it out...

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Cathey Watkins

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12/17/2014

Cute! Glad their names were given. Would have thought all 3 were girls.

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Kathy King

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12/17/2014

Looks like the girl has something in her hair, too, or I couldn't tell the difference either. Those names really helped, too.

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Cassandra Lethbridge

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12/17/2014

The Boys have Ties on.

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Kay Dunmyre Novak

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12/20/2014

In most old photos of children, to tell the difference, the boys had hair parted on the side and the girls hair parted in the middle......... but was not always true.

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Susan Prosser-Owens

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12/17/2014

The boys wore dresses back then too?

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Deirdre Brennan

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12/17/2014

Yes..and my jaw dropped when my mother inlaw bought my son,her first grand child a dress back in 1974..lol..my husband was furious!

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Susan Prosser-Owens

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12/17/2014

I guess it is taboo now. :-)

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Pam Milligan Vaughan

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12/17/2014

In Europe they still dress kids unisex a lot of the time. My son had mary jane shoes there.

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Karen Bell

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12/17/2014

So adorable

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Carol Wheeler

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12/17/2014

Gorgeous !

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Mary Ann Naughton

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12/17/2014

Triplets Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, and Jack Buchanan

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Sherre Neal

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12/17/2014

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Lynne Kennedy Powell

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12/17/2014

what year is this?

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Kylee Medeiros

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12/23/2014

Either 1908 or 1909... They were born in 1907. My mom posted this, and they are my dad's great aunts and uncles.

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Lynne Kennedy Powell

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12/23/2014

they are adorable.

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Susan Nienaber

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12/17/2014

Adorable!

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Suzanne Revero

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12/17/2014

So sweet....God bless them....

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Chris Davis

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12/17/2014

I just love it

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Pam Milligan Vaughan

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12/17/2014

Super cute photo. My dad- born in 1912- didn't wear pants of any kind until he was 3. They also didn't cut his hair until he was 3. I think probably it was easier to change diapers if babies wore dresses. Did plastic pants even exist then???

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Pamela Evans Daly

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12/18/2014

My brother was born in 1942 and wore dresses & rompers for his first year or more.

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Kay Dunmyre Novak

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12/20/2014

My brother born in 1939 wore a dress for his first photo.

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Kay Dunmyre Novak

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12/20/2014

They dressed children like little adults.

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Lois Lepisto

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12/17/2014

❤️

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Cindy Morse Peer

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12/17/2014

Actually a dress or skirt is more condusive to the male body and pants more fitting for the female body. The photo is super cute

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Lola Jeanne

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12/17/2014

I guess Mary is the one without the white tie. How did they stay so still...

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Deanna Patterson

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12/17/2014

precious

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Anita Helding

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12/17/2014

,so cute!

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Cathy Torbert Dent

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12/17/2014

According to a genealogy inquiry, the triplets never married. They were part of a family with 9 children.

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Kylee Medeiros

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12/23/2014

Yes, never married and lived together until Mary went into an assisted living home. These are my dad's great aunts and uncles (my mom posted the photo though).

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Sh Jane

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12/17/2014

Oh my love them kind of pics.

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Sherry Flowers Murkland

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12/17/2014

Precious!

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Margi Underwood

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12/17/2014

Thank you Sherre for posting this article, I've often wondered about it and thought perhaps it had to do with easier diaper changing. What do I know, ha.

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Andrea Michele

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12/17/2014

why are frank and joseph wearing dresses?

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Mary Ruessing

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12/17/2014

how adorable

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Kimberly Teece

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12/17/2014

Sweeet! Way! Cool! Lil'cutiepies! Aaaay! ☺

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Kimberly Teece

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12/17/2014

Thank you very much.💗

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Kimberly Teece

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12/17/2014

Your very much welcome. ☺

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Kimberly Teece

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12/17/2014

💗

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John Fraser

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12/17/2014

matthew christpher marietta.

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Cassandra Lethbridge

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12/17/2014

See

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Nikki Kelley

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12/17/2014

they r so adorable!

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Nikki Kelley

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12/17/2014

they look like triplets 2 boys 1 girl

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Bonnie Keel Webb

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12/17/2014

Interesting

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Euigna Nerak Bmals

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12/17/2014

maybe dresses were easier to make ?

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Michèle Storck-Leiser

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12/17/2014

triplés !!!

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Vicky Feehan

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12/17/2014

They made great hand me downs, either sex could wear them.

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Susan Schroeder

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12/17/2014

Fascinating

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Becky Easley

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12/17/2014

I love the little boys in dresses. It was the style then. I have picture of my brother in a dress. He was also 1 year old.

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John Collum

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12/17/2014

Can't say I agree with the article. I have a picture of my Dad with a dress and long curly hair. People in the west of Ireland were superstutious and feared the fairies would steal male children and leave a 'changeling'. So they dressed and treated the boys as girls to confuse the little people. When the boy was about two they had a little cermony called 'breeching the boy' where the boy's baby curls would be shorn and he would get his first breeches or trousers. Then he was accepted into the community as a boy. When we went to visit my wife's granny, who wore black as a widow and smoked a pipe, when she threw the washing up water out of the door into the garden, there was no plumbing, would always mutter something in Irish. She told us she was warning the little people because you would have bad luck if you soaked them!

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Debbie Merzi

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12/17/2014

Now that is so interesting thanks for sharing :)

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Christina Saskova

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12/17/2014

Great those anecdotes!

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Carol Bromell

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12/17/2014

Also the practice of dresses was due to the cost of material and it was easier to make dresses for children wether for boys or girls. It was the wealthier families that could afford the trousers as the boys grew. It was also easier for diapering.

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Sandra Jones

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12/17/2014

What a wonderfull story

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Cheryl LaSarre Gaddis

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12/17/2014

John--great info!!!!! Thanks.

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Cheryl LaSarre Gaddis

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12/17/2014

John--Thanks for the great info!

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Ann Kipping

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12/19/2014

i was in ethiopia in the mountains, they still dress the small boys in dresses so they wont get stolen.

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Diane Knox

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12/17/2014

So cute!

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Steve Lewis

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12/17/2014

They are special

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Diane Diaz

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12/17/2014

The cutest!

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Donna Kay Lawson

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12/17/2014

Too cute!! This is so adorable.

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Monina Botello Salgado

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12/17/2014

Me encantan las fotos antiguas !!

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Maria Jose López

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12/17/2014

Lovely

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Sharon Eaton

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12/17/2014

She was probably the brains of the trio! Ha Ha!

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Theresa Poston

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12/17/2014

Too cute

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12/17/2014

Hannah Painting

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Iva A. Green

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12/17/2014

Adorable

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Karen Sheaffer Thomas

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12/17/2014

Jill Miller Seaman & Natalee Seaman....if, instead of Frank, they had named him Jesus, they'd be Mary, Joseph & Jesus!

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Rose Gasak

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12/17/2014

You are ignorant aren't you

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Karen Sheaffer Thomas

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12/17/2014

Why, thank you for your response, Rose Gasak, but in answer to your question, no, I consider myself to be fairly well informed. You obviously are ignorant to the fact that Jesus (pronounced He'zues with the first e pronounced as a long a, in the Spanish language) is a very common name given to males in the Hispanic community.

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Elisabet Monclús

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12/17/2014

Qué interesante tu historia, John Collum. Gracias por compartirla

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Annie Ooms

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12/17/2014

The real reason why boys wore dresses is that in those times more girls then boys survived when they were small children...So the parents dressed their boys as girls so the evil sprits thought they were girls...

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April Lorenzo

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12/17/2014

That's interesting.

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Karol Smith Meoli

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12/17/2014

Females of every species is stronger.

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Glenda Campbell

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12/17/2014

Cute..

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Chris Coyle

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12/17/2014

John Collum thanks for the story!! Love it!

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Christina Saskova

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12/17/2014

and all (girl and boys)wearing dresses.interesting that that was common in those days.nowadays you only see that sometimes when children are being baptized,e.g. Prince George of the United Kingdom.

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Carol Strube

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12/17/2014

Very cool.

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Donna Coyne

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12/17/2014

My best guess is that dresses were easier to sew from scratch; the first home sewing machines were manufactured around 1860, and most likely they did not become a commonplace in most homes right away. Modern indoor plumbing was also not a commonplace in most homes, and it was probably easier to get a non-toilet-trained baby in and out of dresses, rather than pants.

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Julie Anderson

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12/17/2014

Triplets that lived. Wow this is a great picture

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Susan Considine

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12/17/2014

Gorgeous, I want to know how you get three one year olds to stay still long enough to have a good photo taken in those days !

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Jill James Bikowski

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12/17/2014

I have heard of Mary and Joseph, but who is Frank??? Merry Christmas!

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Nancy Weaver

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12/17/2014

Beautiful photo. Darling children.

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Carrie Parks

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Sergio Nunes

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12/17/2014

Beautiful children!

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Judie Anne Mason

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12/17/2014

Thanks for sharing this and info on boys w/ dresses~~I saw my dad in a picture as a baby wearing this white frilly lace dress and yes , wondered why the grandparents would put that on him~~~;-) these children are ever so cute~~

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Mike Cassels

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12/17/2014

AWE the wee souls I WOULD BET THEY HAVE 'LOST'THE ORIGINAL PRINT AND NEGATIVE!AND ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF HUNTING DOWN ALL OTHER EXISTING COPIES?

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DeAnn Pautler

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12/17/2014

So cute!

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Bill Zook

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12/17/2014

It had to do with diapers and knees.

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Judy Whisler Zetts

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12/17/2014

Just adorable

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Franny Adams

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12/17/2014

I always thought so it was because it was easier nappies. Easier to change baby in a "dress" then them wearing pants.

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Terry Collins

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12/17/2014

Adorable

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Marianne Renn Leach

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12/17/2014

cute triplets!

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Marianne Renn Leach

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12/17/2014

in Ireland young boys wore dresses and long hair for superstitious reasons. They did this because it was believed the Brownies would spirit away only boy children. The Brownies were not the cute little people Americans made them out to be

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Idabella Schroeder

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12/17/2014

Triplets and dressed well.

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Gaye Miller

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12/17/2014

And bows on their shoes!

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Annaka Logan

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12/17/2014

They are sweet. I guess back then smiles where required. Can you imagine them just smiling away?!?!?!?!

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Diane Wasson Helman

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12/17/2014

so adorable

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Tracy Senner

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12/17/2014

Why aren't they smiling

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Dianne Boomer

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12/17/2014

Jill James Bikowski: Frank brought the incense....

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Deborah Mobberly

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12/17/2014

Wow you never heard about triplets from people years. Thanks for sharing.

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Lynn Leino

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12/17/2014

Doing your ancestry Alicia?

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Dianne Boomer

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12/17/2014

Back when cameras developed the photographs slowly, people didn't smile because they had to hold the pose for a longer length of time. Their smiles would begin to droop, and the photos would blur.

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Nancy Lee Wingo

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12/17/2014

It was easier to change diapers! I still have one of my grandfathers baby dresses. My great aunt remembers a time that my grandfather was sitting on the dirt playing marbles with the neighborhood boys and he was wearing the white dress that I still have! Dirty hands, dirty face and dirty dress!

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Gayelynn Orr

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12/17/2014

So awesome!!!

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Lola McColister Duncan

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12/17/2014

Absolutely adorable!

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Yolanda Amador

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12/17/2014

Qué lindos sus trajes!

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Vicki S Winkler

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12/17/2014

Guessing the hairbow is Mary.

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Deborah Merchant

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12/17/2014

Chuck Shahan Lisa Vine

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Linda Wooldridge

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12/17/2014

Amazing triplets and they all survived in that day and age.

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Donna Carroll-Gawlick

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12/17/2014

They are precious, love the clothes.

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Azin Daha

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12/17/2014

i can't understand that they are boy or girl?! :)

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Marilyn Genuardi

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12/17/2014

those poor kids were subjected to such horrible fashion...Innocent in there uniforms

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Rachel Sturm

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12/17/2014

Precious

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Marie Ballard-Anders

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12/17/2014

Precious!

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Copia Tangite

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12/17/2014

They look like little martial artists...

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Carmen Mahood

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12/17/2014

Triplets!

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Kim Fortune Wright

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12/17/2014

To cute!

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Cheryl Lynn Halstead

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12/17/2014

Awwwwwwwwwwwh

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Mary Crestani Silantyev

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12/17/2014

Are the boys with the tie?

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Chrissy Mardis

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12/18/2014

Cute

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Mitt Winstead

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12/18/2014

Another illustration that we can't pick our parents!

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Lynne Eakins

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12/18/2014

Just the good o' days!!!

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Janet Gooden

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12/18/2014

Awwwww :-) :-)

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Doreen Rix Douglas

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12/18/2014

Little miracles

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Sonia Seidel

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12/18/2014

Sherre, that retro Website though. Blue-Yellow-Frontpage style text and sentences repited over and over like in an ad or something... Argh :) Thanks nevertheless, raised some good questions

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Nancy Coddington

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12/18/2014

The baby's have such a serious expression on their faces.

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Mike Vicalvi

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12/18/2014

Whats wrong with a kilt

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Adeline M. Chance

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12/18/2014

Adorable

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Elizabeth Murphy

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12/18/2014

Adorable

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Jessica Robbins

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12/18/2014

My son was Christened in a long white gown. on 1969. That was the way we did it.Wore a white satin boy's bonnet. Still have both of them.

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Tammy McJannet

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12/18/2014

Mary is distinguished by the cute little bow in her hair.

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Annette McElyea Owens Akers

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12/18/2014

So cute.

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Kerstin Akmentin

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12/18/2014

Vahvad põnnid.Huvitav kuidas nendel elus on läinud.

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Kaaren Maines

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12/18/2014

precious

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Robert Letchford

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12/18/2014

how really cute .

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Lisa McAllister-Lyons

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12/18/2014

How incredible that these triplets survived what would have been a premature arrival without the aid of modern medicine

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Debbie Brown

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12/18/2014

How cute

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Debbie Brown

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12/18/2014

I think a lot also was not everyone was rich but a lot of times it was hand me downs. Mothers gave their wedding dresses to their daughters to wear Just saying

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Debbie Brown

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12/18/2014

And it was probably easier to change your babies diapers since their wasn't any plastic pants

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Mary Littell

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12/18/2014

CUTE

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Sandy Coryell

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12/18/2014

I have a picture of my daddy as a baby (1917) wearing a dress. Later he and his brother were wearing something resembling a big baggy white button up one piece shortall. They were so adorable.

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Raymond Thomas

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12/18/2014

we have tripplets in our family , rebbeca, jessica and carla who are 19 now.

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Valerie Pallaoro

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12/19/2014

Aged one .. and they're _all_ standing???

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Janice Frances Toman-Whitmore

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12/19/2014

Oh dear, they are all wearing dresses. Frank, Joe and Mary.

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Lorraine Hill-Waters

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12/19/2014

So cute!

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Cathy Daniel

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12/19/2014

Yeah, nor did it answer much lol ^^

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Tim Miller

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12/19/2014

my dad had an outfit like this an an old old photo of him too.

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Beverly Bryant

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12/19/2014

I have a picture of my father wearing a long gown. He was less than one year old, I think. Born 1928. I always wondered about the "dress", too! But I love that picture of him.

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Marian Boggs

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12/19/2014

What a sweet adorable picture .

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Billy D Cooper

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12/19/2014

i don't think Mary appreciates Franc & Jo with th'same pansy dress. Guffaw...

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Julie Hartley

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12/20/2014

LOVE those outfits!

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Julie Hartley

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12/20/2014

Good question

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Cheryl Flower

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12/20/2014

Precious!

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Katherine Gray Hawes

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12/20/2014

look at the bows on their shoes!

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Felicia Ibrahim

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12/22/2014

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Lindsey Goodson Paris

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12/22/2014

Boys were put into pants when they were potty trained, or breached. The article is really incorrect and narrowly researched.

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Cheryl Dieter

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12/23/2014

I am so glad everyone has enjoyed the picture of my husband's great uncles and aunt. They were born in 1907 in Nebraska and all died in the 1990's. They lived together for their entire lives (except when Mary had to go into a nursing home at an advanced age) and none of them married.

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Lynn Knockel

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12/28/2014

Sooooo cute they r

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Bonnie Briseno

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02/27/2015

what little darlings

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Jeanet Groenink

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04/14/2015

very adorable!

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Joan McCarty

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07/07/2015

so sweet

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L Willow Mitchell

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08/29/2015

I've seen pics of my dad with long Bologna curls and a dress on till he was about 4 or so. His mom was 100% German and I was told that when they brought him home from the hospital they didn't think he would live so they kept him in a dresser drawer till they outgrew it

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Susan Baum Schloss

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09/17/2015

Baby boys of this era wore dresses. All over, not just in Ireland. My dad was born in NYC in 1921, and there is a photo I have of him on a pony, wearing long socks with bows on them, in about 1924!

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