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seem to be the children of the family. The boy is named Charles and the
standing girl is called May. The seated girl is named as 'Roma (
Bessie)'. Presumably she was christened 'Roma' but her second name was
probably 'Elizabeth' which has been shortened to 'Bessie'. Everyone is
obviously wearing their best 'Sunday' clothes for this photograph.
'Sunday' clothes were the ones you wore to go to church. You wanted to
look your best then.
When a girl was considered old enough to 'come out' and mix in adult society she was allowed to put her hair up and wear more adult-looking clothes. You can see that May is doing this, whilst Bessie is still dressed as a child. I am not sure how these children are related to the people in the other photo. I personally think that Alma looks too young to be their mother, but I could be wrong! Maybe she is their older sister and the man is their father. |
| 子供達のようです。男の子の名前はCharles、かたわらに立っている女の子はMayです。イスに座っている少女はRoma(Bessie)。たぶん、Romaはクリスチャンネーム、セコンドネームがElizabethでそれがBessieと短い呼び名になったのでしょう。3人ともこの写真を撮るために「日曜日」の晴れ着を着ています。教会に行く時に着用したものです。一番おめかしの姿をとってもらいたかったのですね。
少女が大きくなって大人の仲間入りをしてもいいと認められると、髪をアップにして、もっと大人っぽい衣服を着ることが許されました。Mayはそれが許されたようです。Bessieはまだ子供の格好をしています。 もう一枚の写真の人とどんな関係があるのかは確かでありません。もう一枚の写真のAlmaが母親にしては若すぎます。おそらくAlmaが一番年上のお姉さんで、一緒に移っているのが4人の兄弟の父親でしょう。 - christen 洗礼名をつける |
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