Spinning a top or spinning yarn? Young children are capable, but I still have no idea the significance in the painting. I have some photos from Germany, ca 1920's where the were carrying a large cornucopia of flowers , seemed strange until I learned that that was a German custom on the first day of Kindergarten. Also, their definition of kindergarten may be different that our current understanding. You are right to look at all the clues in the photo. Hope someone else has a better idea and that they share it with the list so we all can learn! Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorraine Kline" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 10:59 AM Subject: [MO] Turn of the Century Photographs > Dear List: > > Does any one know of the significance of 1900's portrait photographers posing > their subjects with various objects and the significance of these objects? > > The reason I ask is that I have a portrait photograph of my father (about age > 3), all dressed up in fancy clothes and hat, holding a hammer! I believe the > family was living in northeast Georgia (White County) at the time. > > I have a oil painting of another ancestor as a child, painted about 1860, > showing him holding what appears to be a spinning top. I assumed the child was > given something to hold to keep him still during the sitting. > > Any ideas? > -- > Lorraine Kline > > Searching: CALDWELL - NJ>IN>OH>IL > ELDER - OH>IN>IL>CA > KINNEY - PA>MO > LANGAN -IRELAND>Philadelphia, PA/New Orleans, LA>MO/ > LAPRADE - GA>AZ>CA > MANUEL - PA>IL>CA > TOOLEN/TOOLAN/TOOLIN/TOULON/TOULAN - Co. Sligo,IRELAND>IL>MO>CA > > Proud to be a Rootsweb Donor > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > No Roll Calls on the list: please subscribe to and use > MO-ROLLCALL-L instead. > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >