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RE: Oil Painting of Abraham & Mary and Their 3 Boys - Linda Anderson - 12-04-2013 10:00 AM
(12-04-2013 05:58 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Linda, how old was FDR at the time the photo was taken? Do you know if this was all his own hair and haircut, or was it a whig?
Eva, he was 2 1/2 when the photo was taken. When I saw the photo at Hyde Park, no one mentioned a wig so I assume it is FDR's own hair. Here is an article titled "When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?"
"Little Franklin Delano Roosevelt sits primly on a stool, his white skirt spread smoothly over his lap, his hands clasping a hat trimmed with a marabou feather. Shoulder-length hair and patent leather party shoes complete the ensemble.
"We find the look unsettling today, yet social convention of 1884, when FDR was photographed at age 2 1/2, dictated that boys wore dresses until age 6 or 7, also the time of their first haircut. Franklin’s outfit was considered gender-neutral."
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/When-Did-Girls-Start-Wearing-Pink.html#ixzz2mW9O5O6c
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The photo even made Life Magazine!
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://2neatmagazines.com/Life-Magazine-Covers/1949/Life-Magazine-1949-05-30.jpg&imgrefurl=https://2neatmagazines.com/life/1949.html&h=480&w=360&sz=29&tbnid=7yCivURBxITMWM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=68&zoom=1&usg=___LLc6NsffaY2hXuj4LuI7GX1X2k=&docid=n3-hFcUQ_lMEKM&sa=X&ei=FUKfUvObB7C2sASthYHgBA&ved=0CDsQ9QEwBQ
Here are more photos of FDR taken in 1885 from the FDR Library at Hyde Park.
http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu:8000/photo.cgi?type=date&db=3&text=1885&x=-589&y=-247
By the way, today the FDR Library launched FRANKLIN, "Access to the Library's Digital Collections."
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/
RE: Oil Painting of Abraham & Mary and Their 3 Boys - Gene C - 12-04-2013 10:24 AM
Great links Linda.
I was going to post a funny youtube video about this , but they were to creepy.
So you'll have to settle for this by Johnny Cash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1BJfDvSITY
RE: Oil Painting of Abraham & Mary and Their 3 Boys - Eva Elisabeth - 12-04-2013 10:33 PM
Thanks, Linda!