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A formal portrait

By adamg on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 11:16am
Formal portrait of Chinese woman and children in old Boston

The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this photo.

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Comments

By Lisa on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 11:28am.

So my guess would be Gardner Mansion, late 1800s or early 1900s because the woman appears to have bound feet.

By coffeeweasel on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 2:19pm.

She doesn't really have bound feet; she's wearing shoes on stilts that make her walk that way, though.

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 12:03pm.

There appears to have been an official visit August of 1868.

http://www.worldcat.org/title/scrapbook-concerning-the-visit-of-chinese-...

By anon on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 12:13pm.

But I'll need to see some family history documentation for the subjects so I know whether or not to be outraged by the fact that these people are wearing those ethnically specific garments.

By TNT on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 8:05pm.

Vaughn Wins!

By bulgingbuick on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 8:07pm.

is the why me mom look on the kid in the middle.

By Boston City Archives on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 4:34pm.

Thanks for playing folks! This photo was taken inside of a home on Harrison Avenue during the Chinese New Year in 1920

By anon on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 6:56pm.

I love these posts but you have to admit sometimes they are truly unguessable.

By P. Tom on Mon, 09/28/2015 - 8:04pm.

Whatsa matter, you don't know the inside of every house in town?