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We have begun to collect some in formation on Swedish families, but our information is still very limited. These images are very useful because they help to put boys clothing in the context of what girls and adult members of the family were wearing at the time. The background and context of the portraits and other family snapshots also provide a lot of other useful sociological information. Unfortunately for many of these images we do not have the family names
This photograph shows Charles and Sophia. I am not sure about the last name. The children are Allen and Dora. The photograph here was taken in 1883 (figure 1). A second photograph was taken in 1887. The family moved to America a few years before and then lived in Illinois. In the second one the father is 38, the mother is 29, then the baby on her lap, the boy on th left is 5, the boy on the right is 3, and the little girl is 4. We are not sure if the clothing they are wearing reflect Swedish or American clothing. Nordo we have a good idea at this time as to how emmigration affect how the family dressed. We suspect this varoed from familt to family, where they lived and their social status as well as other factors.
An unidentified farm family had their portrait taken during the summer of 1930. We do not have the name of the family, but they lived in Vigge, a village about 500 km north of Stockholm. The family was a good sized one with nine children and grandmother. From the age of the children, the family is still growing. It looks like mother made the clothes, at least the girls' clothes. She and a daughter wear dresses made from the same material. The children wear very basic clothes abd go barefoot which was probably common at the time in rural Sweden.
Here we see a charming image of a Swedish farm family in 1936 (figure 1). It looks to be a Summer scene. The children are pictured on a wagon in front of their home. The lone girl wears a dress and looks to have four younger brothers. That must have been a challenge. All four boys in different ages wear light-colored long stockings. As the weather looks warm, the stockings seem to be worn for formality rather than warmth. They all wear sandals. In this family the sailor suit was for one of the younger boys. We have noted other boys much older wearing sailor suits in the 1930s, although less so than in the 20s. Note the very long short pants.
The only thing we know about this photo is that it was taken in Sweden during 1937 and that the boy's name is "Nisse". (This was the name of a character from Scandanavian folklore.) It seems to be a chilly spring or fall day. Father is taking his young son (about 5) for a ride on
his bike. The boy is obviously wearing short trousers under his double breasted overcoat. Note the long beige stockings and low-cut shoes typical of boys' dress in northern Europe during the 1930s. The boy wears a woolen peaked cap. Perhaps an addition to Swedish boys' clothes
with perhaps a link to bicycle-riding.
Here we see a photograph of a brother and sister. The children are unidentified, but the boy is 5 years old and the girl is 11 years old. The photograph was taken in the Summer of 1940. The little boy wears long short pants with tan long stovkings. His sister wrears a print dress with kneesocks.
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