Figure 1.--This Jewish boy is unidentified. He was photographed by Savvides Freres, a Greek photographer, in Jerusalem. There was also a studio in Jaffa, The portrait is undated, but looks to have been taken about 1905. The boy's family may have been Greek. This photograph turned up in Crete.

We see Isreali boys wearing a wide range of outfits. We note many of the same styles popular in Europe which was where most of the Jewish immigrants came. We see boys wearing sailor suits and other popular styles. Many of the immigrant were from northern Europe with very cold climates. Thus the garments worn tended to change the longer the familiy lived in Israel. We see boys commonly wearing open-collar shirts. Garments like long stockings became less common. Boys after World war I were commonly wore short pants, often with ankle socks when not dressing up. Formal styles seem less popular than in Europe. Long pants became more common after the 1960s.

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