Figure 1.--These Wisconsin brothers were photographed in colorful sweaters, probably in the early 1950s. Click on the image to see the boys a few years earlier in bib-overalls and long-sleeve striped "T" shirts about 1946. Notice the "V" symbol one boy was wearing. That may have been the World War II "V" for victory symbol. |
A HBC reader has provided us some images of her brother-in-law's family. There were three boys born during World War II in 1941, 1943 and 1945. Their father is a Lutheran pastor in rural Wisconsin. The boys were commonly dressed in similar, sometimes idential, garments. Available images show the boys were photographed in bib-overalls and long-sleeve striped "T" shirts as young boys after World War II. These bib-overalls and striped "T" shirts were very common throughout the United States for younger boys in the mid-1940s. One boy has a "V" symbol on the bib of his overalls. That may have been the World War II "V" for victory symbol. Cold winter weather in Wisconsin requires lots of warm clothing. A portrait from the early 50s shows the boys in colorful sweaters. The two younger boys have matching crew-neck sweaters with cowboy designs. The older boy wears a "V"-neck sweater. Note the wire-rimmed glasses that were common during the 1930s and 40s. All three boys have similar short haircuts with left parts.
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