What a chair! Or should I call it a combination chair&play pen? And is that thing under the seat a potty? That'd make it perfect! Love the woodwork. By the way, do I really see a rooster down in the lower right corner? Is that what Klaertje is looking at with fascination? I think so! It would figure, anyway: they're still in rural Domburg where we saw her with the farmgirls already. Another thing that strikes me in this picture is the 'snapshot' quality avant-la-lettre; most pictures from those days that I know are still formally posed shots, staged, put together. Of course, the camera's weren't equipped yet for a kind of point and shoot attitude. But I think my grandfather tried it here. He saw the rooster, Klaertje's fascination, grabbed the camera (would love to know what kind he had, by the way!) and shot the picture. Interesting!

The kids sitting in their "chairs" for the trip. They will not need any seat belts because they will be secured tightly inside the truck