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Grand Rapids in 1856

Scene of early Grand Rapids viewed from the...


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Children's Clothing Collection

The clothes worn by children have changed over the decades since the 1850s when photographs became more common. Early pictures of children tend to be formal portraits taken in their best clothes, but that began to change in the late 19th and early 20th century when more and more cameras were acquired by amateur photographers. 

Girl with gold locket

1850s

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Young girl in plaid dress

1880-1887

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Geraldine Lynch

1920s

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Lemonade Stand

1991

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