Figure 1.-- The photo here shows Wilder as a younger teenager of about 13 with his gymnasium schoolmates in Vienna. We would guess the portrait was taken about 1919 just after World War I.
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Figure 1.-- The photo here shows Wilder as a younger teenager of about 13 with his gymnasium schoolmates in Vienna. We would guess the portrait was taken about 1919 just after World War I. |
A family portrait shows Billy at about 2 years of age was probbly taken in 1908. He is still unbreeched, standing on a table with his parents and older brother in Sucha, Poland, where he was born. The photo here shows Wilder as a younger teenager of about 13 with his gymnasium schoolmates in Vienna. We would guess the portrait was taken about 1919 just after World War I. It seems a quite small class. He is the seated boy, second from the right, with his arms crossed. He seems a little younger than his classmates. He wears an open-necked jacket, short almost knee-length trousers, and dark long stockings. The other gymnasium students wear a variety of styles. One boy wears short pants with knee socks, another wears breeches with leather puttees, and still another wears a long trousers suit. The ages seem to vary between about 14 and 18. One of the teachers apparently sits in the center of the photograph while another teacher stands at the left rear.
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