Toddler in Knitted Romper Suit, Domestic Interior, 1950s

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Toddler in Knitted Romper Suit, Domestic Interior, 1950s — Archive & Atlas

Unattributed 1950–1959

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A small boy of perhaps two or three stands in the front room of a well-furnished 1950s home wearing a knitted romper suit over a long-sleeved top — the universal toddler uniform of the postwar decade, chosen by mothers on the twin principles that it was warm and that it could survive anything short of a direct hit. He is clutching something thin and cylindrical, possibly a toy or a stick retrieved from somewhere he was not supposed to be, and his expression suggests he has just been interrupted mid-project and is assessing whether the person with the camera is going to be a problem. Behind him a heavy dark wardrobe anchors one end of the room while a satin-draped occasional table anchors the other — the kind of front room kept tidy for visitors and pressed into service as a snapshot backdrop whenever a child did something worth recording. The flash has bleached him to near-luminescence against the dark furniture, which is what happened in the 1950s when you pointed a flashbulb at a pale child indoors and simply hoped for the best.

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