Figure 1.-- The portrait seen here was undated, but was pribably taken in the early 1900s, perhaps about 1905. It was taken in Ayr. We note some differences with the tunic suits that American boys were commonly wearing at the time.

We do noy yet have much information on Scottish boys tunics. We believe that the general pattern was similar to England, but we have relatively few imfes in our archive to assess this. We have no information at this time about Scottish tunics in the 19th century. We have noted English boys wearing them in the early 19th century and suspect that Scttish boys did also, at least in the cities. Younger Scottish boys at the turn of the century wore tunics as was common in England and America. The style of tunic is somewhat different than was common in America. HBC know less about tunic styles in England. We do not know how common tunics were in Scotland. The portrait seen here was undated, but was pribably taken in the early 1900s, perhaps about 1905. It was taken in Ayr. We note some differences with the tunic suits that American boys were commonly wearing at the time. We especially note the Peter Pan collar and the below the knee pants which could be bloomer knickers, but we are not sure.

Limited Information

We do noy yet have much information on Scottish boys tunics. We believe that the general pattern was similar to England, but we have relatively few imfes in our archive to assess this.

Chronology

We have very limited information at this time about Scottish tunics in the 19th century. We have noted English boys wearing them in the early 19th century and suspect that Scttish boys did also, at least in the cities. Younger Scottish boys at the turn of the century wore tunics as was common in England and America. The portrait seen here was undated, but was probably taken in the early 1900s, perhaps about 1905 (figure 1). It was taken in Ayr.

Garments

A tunic suit is primarily made up of a tunic and some kind of pants. Note the Peter Pan collar and the below the knee pants which could be bloomer knickers that the boy here is wearing (figure 1). The tunics could be done in many different ways. This included the collar and buttoning as well as length nd styling. The style of tunics may have been somewhat different than was common in America. HBC know less about tunic styles in Britain. We note some differences with the tunic suit here (figure 1) than what we normally see American boys were commonly wearing at the time. They were worn with various kinds of pants, including pantalettes, knee pants, bloomer knickers, and long pants. We note one portrait of boys wearing tunics with skirts. I don't think this was very common.

Popularity

We do not know how common tunics were in Scotland.

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