Sepia Saturday:Forgotten

One day when I was browsing a local antique store,

I stumbled across this photograph.

Forgotten children.

Siblings, most certainly.

No names on the back,

so I couldn't even begin to track down

the family of origin.

The photography studio was 

in Sprague, Washington Territory.

Sprague is a tiny town

 in Lincoln County, near Spokane.

The town, named after a Civil War general,

 was platted in 1880 and incorporated in 1883. 

Washington became a state in 1889,

So this photo captures children who were born

in a relatively narrow period of time. 

I'd guess the one on the right, the older one,

is two or three. I think it's a little boy 

in a fancy costume, 
but it could be a little girl with not much hair. 

I think the one on the chair  is a little girl. 

Someone's beloved children.

Children adored enough to take

to a photography studio 

so their image could live on.

Who do they belong to?

Why were they lying unclaimed in a photo bin?

I've adopted them and given them a home.

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