Figure 1.--This CDV portrait shows an unidentified Ontario boy wearing a lapel vested knee oants suit. Note the very loud banded (horiziontal stripe) patterned suit. He is holding a straw rounded crown hat. Also notice the white long stockings and low-cut shoes. The portrait is undated, but looks like the 1870s. The studio was Arthur in Simcoe, Ontario.

Most suits seem to be done with flar or plain fabric, TYhere is also fabric with patterns. Some of the fabrics masy be muted which is the most common hoicer. Some of the patterns are so muted that they are not discernable in the photographic record. There are also, however, suits made in very loud patterns. They are not very common and seem important in a relatively small chronological period. Loud patterns seen espcially popukar in the mid-19th century. This apears to be similar to the United States, although we are not durev thatb they yet sure if theyy perfectly overlap. Our major source of information is photography and our Canadian archive is still limited, especially of the mid-19th century.

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