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This image has been used in the indicommons.org post: Krazy Kilts

those are some fine duds they're wearing

I wonder if Scottish boys were usually dressed like that back then ? Or just the wealthy ones ? It's a great picture!

My Grandfather came from Scotland as a baby..I have seen just one picture of him in his Mom's arms on Ellis Island

The Dress Act, forbidding the use of tartan, was passed in 1746 after the uprising, and repealed in 1782. By that time, kilts were not common apparel. These are not traditional plaids, which would have been one long piece of tartan wrapped around them and then thrown over their shoulders. The tartan you see across their shoulders is known as a "fly plaid", and was worn for dress. I expect their parents wanted them in their finery for their entrance into the new world.

He was the 11th Marquess of Queensbury (1896–1954). John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry was the one who caused Oscar Wilde's terrible downfall. It is a terrible shame that the name Queensberry is forever connected with homophobia. I adore the spats (probably incorrect nomenclature for it).

Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas was born 17 Jan 1896, son of Percy Sholto Douglas (10th Marquess of Queensberry) and Anna Maria (nee Walters). He had an older sister, Lady Dorothy, b. 1894, and a younger brother, Lord Cecil, b. 1898. His mother died 25 Apr 1917. He was Commissioned into the Black Watch in January 1915 at the age of 19, and was married to his first wife, (of three, by whom he had a total of 4 children), Irene Clarice Richards, in December 1917. It was his grandfather, John Sholto Douglas, (who died when Francis was aged 4), who was arrested when he was so unwisely sued for criminal libel by Oscar Wilde in 1895, over the 41-year-old Wilde's relationship with John's 25-year-old son Alfred, (Percy's brother, and uncle of Francis), who in 1902 married Olive Eleanor Custance. John Sholto Douglas as 9th Marquess is recalled as the man who formally endorsed the rules codified by J G Chambers for the sport of amateur boxing. These quickly became adopted across the United Kingdom as the Marquess of Queensberry Rules, and synonymous with fair play in sport.//

stunting shot

From Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Douglas,_11th_Marquess_of_Q... Francis Archibald Kelhead Douglas (17 Jan 1896-27 Apr 1954) was the 11th Marquess of Queensberry. He was a Scottish representative peer in the 1920s. His parents were Percy Sholto Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry and Anna Maria Walters (1866-1917). He married his first wife, Irene Clarice Richards, on 4 December 1917. [Divorced 1925 according to www.thepeerage.com thepeerage.com/p2067.htm] His second wife was Cathleen Sabine Mann, daughter of portrait artist Harrington Mann(married 18 March 1926, divorced 1946). His third wife was Muriel Beatrice Margaret Rowe-Thornett (widow of Albert Sidney Gore-Chunn) whom he married in 1947 in Westminster. (www.ancestry.co.uk Marriage Indexes) National Probate Calendar records his death as 27 Apr 1954 at The Grand Hotel, Folkestone, Kent. Probate granted to his widow. Effects £2521 8s 3d.

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Aimee Christine Rochester (1911-1959), daughter of Mr. Richmond Rochester Jr. and his wife, Aimee L. Gunning Rochester. Aimee Gunning's grandfather was Leland Stanford. Little Aimee became Aimee C. Muniz, and later Aimee McGregor. Her husband Austin Malcolm "Mal" McGregor (1892-1945) was a film actor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_McGregor Here's her grave marker in Glendale (along with a photo of her as an adult): www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77377805

Little Miss Aimee Rochester was the only bridal attendant at the wedding of Miss Louise Gardner, daughter of Mrs. C. F. Gardner, and Frederick Rodgers, son of the late Rear Admiral Frederick Rodgers, U.S.N., on December 29, 1917. There were no ushers and no reception. The wedding was a quiet one due to mourning. –The New York Times