Figure 1.--We had thought these brothers were Hungarian. We have since learned that they were Austrian boys living in Budapest. They were photographed in 1905. The oldest brother wears his cadet uniform from military school. His two younger brothers wear intical sailor suits. The boys were 6, 10, and 14 years old. The boys were photographed in an styalized boat, presumably to go with the boys' sailor suits. "Siofok" is a holiday resort town on Lake Balaton in Hungary. Presumably the photograph was taken during a family vacation. Note that the older boy wears his cadet uniform rather than a sailor suit even on vacation.

Here we will follow family fashions over time. HBC has decided to also gather information on entire families. One of the limitations of HBC is that too oftn we just view boys' clothing in contex with what the rest of the family was wearing. This will help to compare boys' clothing with that worn by mothers, fathers, and sisters. These images will help show show differences in both age and gender appropriate clothing. Here we are still beginning to collect information.

Arpov Family (1870s)

This is a beautiful tinted cabinet photo of a fashionable Budapest lady and her two children. I believe it is the Arpov family. All three undoubtedly wear their best outfits and they suggest a very prosperous family and a mother keeping up with the fashionable trends of the day. We are not sure where father was, especially as this is a studio portrait. The daughter has long braids (Zoepfen). One has been carefull placed in front for best display. She has a very full-skirted white dress, perhaps made of crinoline. She looks about 14-15 years old.The son wears a tunic suit with stripe and button trim. Note the small ruffled collar. The tunic suit has bloomer knickers. He wears white socks only just long enough for his fashionble high-top shoes. They look like button shoesxwhich must have taken a little doing to button up. He looks to be about 8 years old. They were photographed at the Studio Kozmata Ferencz, Pesten. I think the writing on the back is their names.

Budapest Brothers (1892-1911)

Here we do not have informtion on the entire family. We do know that there were four brothers. While we do not have information on the other members of the family, we have very extensive informtion on the brothers over an exteded period, 1892-1911. As we result we have decided to include them her in the family section. This 20-year period provide a wonderful look at boys' fashions at the turn of the 20th century. We at first thought the boys were Hungarian, but we hve since learned that they were probably Austrian.

Other Families

We do not yet have infomation on other Hungarian families.

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