Boy's Sailor Suit, Orwell

Many families in the 1900's got their pictures taken. They had so very little back then, but treasured their family and loved ones. This is a young boy's sailor suit from the 1900's that I found at the Orwell Corner general store.

The east gable was a very different place from what it had been.... The velvet carpet with the pink roses and the pink silk curtains of Anne’s early visions had certainly never materialized; but her dreams had kept pace with her growth, and it is not probable she lamented them.