Figure 1.--Here we see three children from an Ontario family. They look to be about 1-8 years old. Both boys wear floppy bows with Fauntleroy blouses. The portrait is undated, but the mount suggests thr 1900s decade. The stufio was A.C. Moyer in Waterkoo, Ontarioo. .

We do not yet have much information about shirt-like garments worn by Canadian boys. Our Canadian archive is reltively limited. This would include shirt-waists, blouses, and shirts. Shirt-waists sometimes called just vwaists were essentially shiryts without collars. Thet were made to be worn with detchable collars. Blouses in particular were commonly worn by boys in the 19th century. Only after World War I in the 1920s do we see shirts becoming the primarty top garment worn by Cnadian boys. The blouse became more associatd with women and girls. We would guess that trends were similar to Britain and America. We see some aspects that look American and others that look more British. We see boys wearing fancy Fauntleroy blouses as in America, but not as prevalent. We would guess that given the climate than flannel shirts were especially popular in Canada.

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