Figure 1.--Lancaster's Popular Juvenile Gospel Singers, the Brown brothers, are seen here about 1910. They wear indentical sailor suits, but their hair is different.
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Figure 1.--Lancaster's Popular Juvenile Gospel Singers, the Brown brothers, are seen here about 1910. They wear indentical sailor suits, but their hair is different. |
HBC has little information on this group other
that they were called "Lancaster's Popular Juvenile Gospel Singers". The boys were the Brown brothers: Glenn Earl (3 years old), Charles Richard (6 years old), and Harry Robert (8 years old). They were dressesd alike in simple kneepants sailor suit outfits, but without the more common stripes on their sailor collars. The middy blouses are worn rather like tunics with matching white belts. Like tunics te middy blouses are not tucked in. They wear three-quarter length white stocks and strap shoes. The strap shoes have the high ankle back strap rather than the instep strap that is common today. The only difference in the boys' outfits was the hair styles. The clothing styles and postcard format suggest thst they
performed bout 1907-15. Hopefully we can eventually find more information about them.
HBC has little information on this group other
that they were called "Lancaster's Popular Juvenile Gospel Singers". HBC has no information at this time how long the boys performed and if they gave more than local performances. Hopefully we can eventually find more information about them.
The boys were the Brown brothers: Glenn Earl (3 years old), Charles Richard (6 years old), and Harry Robert (8 years old).
The boys sang gospel music.
They were dressesd alike in simple kneepants sailor suit outfits, but without the more common stripes on their sailor collars. The middy blouses are worn rather like tunics with matching white belts. Like tunics the middy blouses are not tucked in. They wear three-quarter length white stocks and strap shoes. The strap shoes have the high ankle back strap rather than the instep strap that is common today.
The only difference in the boys' outfits was the hair styles. Each boy has a different hair style. We are not sure just how to classify these different styles. One HBC reader reports that he has seen it referred to as a "roll top" hair style.
The clothing styles and postcard format suggest that they
performed about 1907-15.
A HBC reader reports, "There clothes and hair style are similar to the clothes and hairstyles of the royals from German Kaiser Wilhelm II's grandchildren of similar age as well as Hapsburg children of same era. Lancaster was known to have strong German influence. Did that affect the clothes chosen for these prodigies?" HBC notes that the sailor suits and strap shoes were poular American syles at the time. We have also noted these hair styles being worn by other American boys as well.
A French reader notes the similarity with the French choupette hair stle. "Personally I prefer much better the boys shown here on the rght and left with a standard choupette (figur 1). Probably that is coming of my childhood. I have noted in HBC that this style was worn by quite a few American boys."
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