This cute little fellow was photographed in San Antonio Texas in the mid-1890s, with his faithful dog at his side. Think he will grow up to be a cowboy? Regardless of his later profession, I’m sure he was thoroughly embarrassed by pictures of him in this frilly outfit. Maybe that is why nobody ever bothered to write a name on the back of this card-mounted photograph, so we have no clue as to who he was.

The photographer was Bruno Nauschuetz. Born in Germany about 1862 his parents brought him to the USA about 1867. He probably started his photography business in the late 1880s, as we find him located at 700 Austin Street in San Antonio in the 1891 city directory, and by 1892 he is at 221 Sharer where this photo was taken. He was still in business as a photographer in San Antonio at the time of the 1910 census, and died 19th May, 1914.