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Edward Lee Grass, Nashville 1895
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Edward Lee Grass, Nashville 1895
A photo of "Edward Lee Grass" (written on the back of photo). Edward Lee Grass was born in Nashville, TN June 16, 1892...Edward was married to Lena Droitener and had children Edward, John, Robert, Irena, Louise, Earl and Anna. Photo of wife and children also uploaded on AncientFaces
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Date & Place: at Malcom & Taylor Photographers in Nashville, Tennessee USA
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Photo of AncientFaces AncientFaces
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06/27/2017
Yes, it's a boy in fancy dress! Found photo, can you reunite him?
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Photo of Nina Morway Nina Morway
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06/27/2017
Give the kid a hairbrush!!
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06/27/2017
Could be a little girl with short hair.
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06/27/2017
Yep, but "her" name is Edward!
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06/27/2017
Matter settled! :D
Photo of Patti Hutton Patti Hutton
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06/27/2017
I've read that skirts on both boys and girls were common until toddlers were potty trained. Simplified matters.
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06/27/2017
Patti Hutton You're absolutely correct - it's the hat and fancy "shirt" that get me! :)
Photo of Pepe Antonio Pepe Antonio
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06/27/2017
I think he is wearing a bow on his head.
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06/27/2017
Patti Hutton, this boy is too old for skirts.
Photo of Donna Giacomo Donna Giacomo
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06/27/2017
AncientFaces me too
Photo of Lynda Jones Lynda Jones
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06/27/2017
Patti Hutton Sounds legit! And practical.
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06/27/2017
Shared in Tn.
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Photo of Carrol Hudson Fellows Carrol Hudson Fellows
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06/27/2017
These little ones look so much cuter than the ones today, why is that??. Maybe a softer light or no colour.
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Photo of Ree Young Ree Young
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06/27/2017
I think the kid just has hat hair from wearing that huge straw hat!

This boy looks between 3 and 4 years old, so it's not unusual that he is still in a skirt. Before the 20th century, people weren't as concerned over the gender roles of infants and toddlers, nor was there any parental stress over when a child was potty-trained. It wasn't until the early to mid-1900s that the idea of pink and blue for the genders became fashionable.

And it was not until after the 1960s that extremely early potty training became an obsession and some sort of status symbol for parents. I faced that kind of pressure from my mother-in-law with my kids in the 60's and 70's...get them trained when they were just barely walking and be sure to put them in the proper color and style clothing!! Geez!
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Photo of Lynne Bia Lynne Bia
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06/27/2017
Lol at that huge bow in daughters hair
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Photo of Larry Cawley Larry Cawley
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06/27/2017
Looks to be a girl to me. My Mother was named Ira but she sure looked female, as does this child.
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06/27/2017
Well, he grew up and married a woman and had a few kids . . .
Photo of Larry Cawley Larry Cawley
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06/27/2017
Photo of Larry Cawley Larry Cawley
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06/27/2017
I know that's possible because my Mother grew up and had 3 children.
Photo of Terri Allen Terri Allen
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06/29/2017
Cute.
Photo of Alex Sinclaire Alex Sinclaire
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06/27/2017
Definitely a home hair cut with dull scissors, if they even had scissors back then...
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06/27/2017
What a gorgeous photograph...just love it. Why did baby boys and very young boys wear dresses like this?
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Photo of Marilynn Marlow Marilynn Marlow
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06/27/2017
it was easier to change diapers
Photo of Dorene Benshoof Dorene Benshoof
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06/27/2017
Boys did wear dresses in those days. This is my great uncle Roland age 4 in 1897. Hooper Nebraska.
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Photo of Marianne Elliston Marianne Elliston
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06/27/2017
Wonder if his folks.wanted a girl?
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Photo of Elizabeth Cortez Cantu Elizabeth Cortez Cantu
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06/27/2017
Nice picture of a little one.
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Photo of Rose Torres Rose Torres
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06/27/2017
The hat is a feminine one. This is probably a girl child.
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Photo of Adrianne Balcom Adrianne Balcom
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06/27/2017
aren't the ears pierced?
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Photo of Mary Katherine Jordan Mary Katherine Jordan
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06/27/2017
So cute.
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Photo of Richard Milne Richard Milne
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06/27/2017
I believe it was traditional that boys and girls wore the same clothes until about two or three years old when boys were 'breeched' started to wear shorts or trousers [breeches]. It looks odd today but it was nothing unusual then.
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06/27/2017
Precious..
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Photo of Lisa Cook Lisa Cook
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06/28/2017
I think in that day and age many boys wore dresses. Years ago when we toured an old historical mansion, the tour guide was telling us that the mother dressed her son as a girl and she thought the mother was crazy. Now that I see so many old photos of boys dressed liked this, it must have been common and in style.
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06/28/2017
Cute!
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Photo of Jan Mortimer Jan Mortimer
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06/28/2017
So sad little boys were forced to dress in such feminine ways.
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06/29/2017
alsome
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Photo of Carol Piquard Compton Weir Carol Piquard Compton Weir
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06/30/2017
Never understood why they did that but he was so cute. He definitely looks like a boy.
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Photo of Carol Piquard Compton Weir Carol Piquard Compton Weir
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07/01/2017
He looks like some of the boys in the Piquard family.
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