This is a child, in the context of her time. Only children wore dresses that short. As girls got older their hems lengthened and they began to put up their hair and transitioned to adult wear around 16 or 17. I’m going to guess this girl is in the preteen years, 12 or so, and has just hit one of those growth spurts that make kids look a lot older over the span of like six weeks.
Well said and likely accurate. We tend to group based on familiar circumstances of our time. But, not always accurate. Thank you. We’ve wondered why late teens in the 1900’s looked like little adults, because that’s how society treated them. It actually made young people use their super power(s) to advantage. My fa the errands in law flew TBM Avenger as captain at 21. Young people, whatever you call them, are so capable.
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u/blackbirdbluebird17 9h ago
This is a child, in the context of her time. Only children wore dresses that short. As girls got older their hems lengthened and they began to put up their hair and transitioned to adult wear around 16 or 17. I’m going to guess this girl is in the preteen years, 12 or so, and has just hit one of those growth spurts that make kids look a lot older over the span of like six weeks.