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Sarah, Alice and Minnie Smith, 1888
Photo of Shelby Taylor Shelby Taylor
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01/07/2017
Sarah, Alice and Minnie Smith, 1888
A photo of Sarah, Alice and Minnie Smith, 1888, Colorado. This is my great great great Aunts and my great great Grandmother (Minnie).
People in photo include: Sarah Smith, Alice Smith, and Minnie Smith
Date & Place: at Colorado in Colorado United States
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Photo of AncientFaces AncientFaces
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02/08/2017
Smith girls, 1888 Colorado - the youngest has a fancy dress. Do you think it's a hand-me-down from the two eldest?
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Photo of Karla Fair Allen Karla Fair Allen
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02/08/2017
Beautiful little ladies!
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Photo of Laura Harmon Vickers Laura Harmon Vickers
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02/08/2017
So cute ! I bet that dress was a hand me down .
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Photo of Carolyn Brown-Imlay Carolyn Brown-Imlay
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02/08/2017
Maybe made from Mothers skirt, or a hand me down.
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Photo of Mary Osborn-Dixon Mary Osborn-Dixon
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02/08/2017
I'll bet you're right! But the oldest is thinking, "I've got a necklace like a grown lady, so I don't care your dress is fancier." And middle daughter is thinking, "I've got it all. I win."
Photo of Rose Marie Chiasson Rose Marie Chiasson
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02/08/2017
I love this photo
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Photo of Ivena Flatt Phelps Ivena Flatt Phelps
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02/08/2017
The little one in the middle looks mischievous!
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Photo of AncientFaces AncientFaces
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02/08/2017
I'm in awe of the seamstresses back in the day!
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Photo of Denis Kucharski Denis Kucharski
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02/08/2017
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Photo of Sonja Skirka-Harwood Sonja Skirka-Harwood
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02/08/2017
Table cloth and curtain laceđź’–
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Photo of Serena Vis Serena Vis
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02/08/2017
Probably!
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Photo of Robyn Peery Robyn Peery
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02/08/2017
I don't know, the other two are wearing what are likely genuine pearls, since there were no plastic beads back then...they very well may have come from wealth.
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Photo of Gloria Holladay Harward Gloria Holladay Harward
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02/08/2017
That's true unless it is gold beads.
Photo of Robyn Peery Robyn Peery
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02/08/2017
Could be, there was the Pike's Peak gold rush there in the late 1850's ..,
Photo of Lois DeArmond Lois DeArmond
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02/08/2017
There were glass "pearls", as we have today. Also, these beads don't look white. It was very common for children to wear coral bead necklaces, as it was thought that coral warded off disease.
Photo of Robyn Peery Robyn Peery
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02/08/2017
Not all pearls are white..
Photo of Sue Keeley Hicks Sue Keeley Hicks
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02/08/2017
They look big for pearls.
Photo of Susan Schloss Susan Schloss
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02/08/2017
Gorgeous photo, beautiful little girls, stunning dresses!
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Photo of Trudie Cruey Trudie Cruey
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02/08/2017
beautiful dresses
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Photo of Gloria Holladay Harward Gloria Holladay Harward
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02/08/2017
Beautiful children !
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Photo of Patsy Clymer Patsy Clymer
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02/08/2017
Of Coarse, I wore Han me downs all my life from my sister's.
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Photo of Linda Annen Linda Annen
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02/08/2017
Pretty little girls !
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Photo of Terri Allen Terri Allen
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02/08/2017
Very pretty picture.
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Photo of Helen Norvell Helen Norvell
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02/08/2017
Interesting old picture
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Photo of Jenny Sánchez Meléndez Jenny Sánchez Meléndez
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02/08/2017
Beautiful pic
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Photo of Gaye Baron Gaye Baron
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02/08/2017
Wow. Love those clothes.
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Photo of Rose Gasak Rose Gasak
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02/08/2017
It looks kind of new. They are well dressed
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Photo of Amber Adamczyk Amber Adamczyk
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02/08/2017
Are they wearing pearls? Maybe they were in an affluent family? Cool picture.
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Photo of Joy McLennan Joy McLennan
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02/08/2017
No...that looks brand spanking new.....beautiful work of granny's!
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Photo of Becky Kelly Becky Kelly
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02/08/2017
All their dresses are nice. Love this picture.
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Photo of Rach K Henderson Rach K Henderson
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02/08/2017
Most likely not I believe
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Photos were expensive back then typically for the wealthy, so I doubt hand me Downs were used most likely passed on to less fortunate families or stored.
Take note of the older 2 girls pearls, also likely to be expensive real pearls
The shoes on all 3 also probably expensive.
I believe this gorgeous dress most likely is NOT a hand me down from the older girls
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Photo of Susan Wainwright Susan Wainwright
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02/09/2017
And if you look closely the child on the right is also wearing a bar pin at her neckline.
Photo of Susan Schloss Susan Schloss
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02/08/2017
I think these girls were from a wealthy family. Hand smocking, a difficult, time-consuming, and costly design (which uses more fabric that must be "bunched" and sewn) is on two of the dresses, and the baby looks like she is wearing a new dress. Just having a studio portrait in 1888 in Colorado would have been too expensive for most families!
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Photo of Catherine Bailey Catherine Bailey
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02/08/2017
The only wild card...standing on hay. Not sure wealthy folks would have used that prop.
Photo of Jessie Whitten Jessie Whitten
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02/08/2017
Could have been taken at a fair or something. I'm sure not all photos were taken at the homes. I'm sure there were traveling photographers that would travel w/ the fair workers. Just a thought.
Photo of Sue Keeley Hicks Sue Keeley Hicks
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02/08/2017
But the shoes look worn.
Photo of Karin Moseley Karin Moseley
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02/09/2017
my thought as well. not a typical pioneer trio of children in 1888 Colorado.
Photo of Marie Rowe Marquardt Marie Rowe Marquardt
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02/08/2017
They look so much alike
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Photo of Sarah Farless Sarah Farless
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02/08/2017
Man this is when I wish they had colored photos back then.
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Photo of Marion LeBleu Marion LeBleu
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02/08/2017
What a family resemblance they all have!
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Photo of Gloria Rodas Gloria Rodas
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02/08/2017
It may have been made over from a larger dress for her but not a hand me down i think because of the hem detail.
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Photo of Gina Marie Gina Marie
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02/08/2017
So sweet
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Photo of Marcia K Herron Marcia K Herron
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02/08/2017
I'm sure they all got hand-me-downs
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Photo of Tracy Gulleman Shaffer Tracy Gulleman Shaffer
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02/08/2017
My guess is that this is a special occasion where they all have new dresses!
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Photo of Sonia Carvajal Gonzalez Sonia Carvajal Gonzalez
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02/08/2017
Beautiful girls.
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Photo of Gina Kingsbury Gina Kingsbury
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02/08/2017
Lots of kiss curls that morning!
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Photo of Louanna Davis-Wesley Louanna Davis-Wesley
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02/08/2017
Love the dresses.
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Photo of Jodi Ingino Jodi Ingino
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02/08/2017
Yes probably.
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Photo of Frances K. DeDura Frances K. DeDura
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02/08/2017
Yes I think she is wearing a hand me down.
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Photo of Gwen Baggett Gwen Baggett
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02/09/2017
I don't know about the dress, but the oldest girl looks like she's ready to punch somebody's lights out!! =:-o
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Photo of Linda Beron Linda Beron
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02/09/2017
Probably a hand-me-down, I always got those from my big sister too! LOL
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Photo of Beverly Jones-Craighead Beverly Jones-Craighead
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02/09/2017
I would imagine these girls did not wear hand-me-downs. Even the older girls were well dressed and well groomed. It seems to me that this trio of sisters more than likely came from a pretty well to do family. I love pictures like this! But, most families in 1888 in Colorado couldn't have afforded that nice of clothing without some sort of wealth! I have family pictures from both sides of my family from the late 1800,s -- one side was pretty well off, the other side not so much. There is a BIG difference in their family portraits! Both were Colorado families too.
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Photo of Michael Porter Michael Porter
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02/09/2017
It's great to have the year.
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Photo of Jean Payne Jean Payne
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02/09/2017
These three little ladies look like they are well cared for. I do believe they all three had on new outfits for portrait day. So sweet!
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Photo of Tom McLoughlin Tom McLoughlin
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02/09/2017
Flo, Marge, and Rosemary.
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Photo of Patricia Dresser Patricia Dresser
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02/09/2017
Perhaps their father was a tailor! My grandfather was a tailor in Chicago and made gorgeous dresses for his wife!
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Photo of Jane Resler Jane Resler
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02/09/2017
I am sure it was handed down!
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Photo of Ginny French Ginny French
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02/09/2017
Nope. I think the little one is her mom's favorite. She bought a special dress just for the photo session.
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Photo of Kim Austin Kim Austin
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02/09/2017
Love the dresses
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Photo of Peggy Guy Peggy Guy
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02/09/2017
Wonder what colors the dresses were?
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Photo of Sarah McAuley Sarah McAuley
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02/08/2017
Yeah I think the girl on the right ... her arms and hands seem slack....
Photo of Jeanne Walker Salido Jeanne Walker Salido
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02/08/2017
"treadle" not "trundle"
Photo of Susan Schloss Susan Schloss
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02/12/2017
OK--the hay stumps me!
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