Figure 1.--Here we see an uidentified boy wearing a knee pants suit. it is also undated, but would have proably been taken about 1900. It was CDV portrait, not common ast the time iun America. We do not know where it was taken, other thsn it was in the south. Written on the back is 'From diown South'. .

Teenagers in the 19th century mostly wore long pants. This only began changing in the 1890s. We see younger teens wearing knee pants, at least in urban areas. And guring the 1890s we see more older teens wearing them. By the turn-of-the 20th century we see quite a number ofg older teens wearing knee pants. Unlike younger boys, knee pants were not universal for older teens, but the number we see are notale. This varied from counry to country, but are vke to follow it in greatrer dtail in Anerica becasuse of our subsdtantial Americn archive. Ny about age 15 at mid-century, long pants were more common. Many boys got long pants suits by about 15 years of age, but this was not always the case. It vriesfrom fnuky to fmily. We note G. Ward Hogan javing a graduation portrait taken with his sister in 1907. He was 14-years old, about to turn 15 years old. We do not knoe if he got his first long oatgs suit at 15 or a month later when he entered 9th grade and high school. Or it could have been even later.

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