Harold Smith photograph sent to me today born born 1887 - photo is of a child aged about 2/3 years old standing on a chair barley sugar twist style with a studio backdrop of a little boat on a shore ....normal so far you may say but the child is wearing a pleated skirt - pleats evry 2 inches going right round, socks and sandals and a plain woolen long sleeved top -it is signed in pen at the bottom harold smith?
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was this normal lol?
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" the child is wearing a pleated skirt - pleats evry 2 inches going right round, socks and sandals and a plain woolen long sleeved top "
Could this be an attempt at Scottish dress - kilt & jersey, popularised by Victoria & Albert's fascination with all things Highland?
JayJanet in Yorkshire
Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree
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