Figure 1.--We are not positive when this snapshot was taken, but it looks like the mid-1930s. The girls are all dressed in comfortable summer dresses and playing with their kittens. Note how popular braided pigtails ( Zopf ) were for German girls. |
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The old pre-World War styles had by the 1930s largely disappeared. Girls still mostly wore dresses. Pinafores are still worn, but less commonly. Middy blouses are a popular style. For casual wear we begin to see girls in pants or shorts--especially in America. Little girls might wear quite short dresses as shown by Shirley Temple in some of her early movies. Kneesocks and ankle socks become common and fewer girls wear long stockings. Gym slips are a poular school uniform style. Perhaps influenced by movie style, pants are depicted as stylish casual clothes, but they are worn by few women and girls. Strap shoes are very common for girls, but only younger boys wear them. Some girls do wear shorts for play during the summer.
1930s: Light-colored dress: American girl and brothers
1930s: First Communion dress: American brother and sister
1930s: Teenage dress and sun hat: Dutch family
1930s: Camp uniforms: Italian Balilla
1930s: Sweater and dress: German family
1930: Winter caps and coats: Dutch children
About 1930: Dresses and suits: Russian Orthodox church in America
About 1930: Girl dress and strap shoes: French postcard
About 1930: Private school uniforms: English girl and boys
About 1930: Private school uniforms: English girls' gym slips
About 1930: Middy blouse and gym tunic with braids: German girl and brothers
About 1930: Matching sailor suits: German brother and sister
1930: Winter coat: Austrian school girl
Early 1930s: Play rompers: American girl
Early 1930s: Summer frock: English girl
1931: Teenage dresses: American family
1932: Suits and dresses Argentine siblings
1932: Winter dresses: Bulgarian children
1932: Lutheran confirmation dresses and suits: American children
1933: School uniformEnglish girls
1933: Schoolwear: English children
1934: Dresses: English workingclass children
1934: Bloomer camp uniform: American girl
1934: Various outfits: German girl in Denmark
1934: White play dress and sandals Argentine girl
1935: School dresses: American primary school
1935: Summer check dress: Czech girl
1935: Patterned dress: Dutch girl
1935: School dresses: Peruvian girls
1935: Coordinated outfits: Slovak brother and sister
1936: Dresses and pinafores: German school girls
1936: Dress: Swedish farm family
1936: Tam and winter coat: American family
1937: Summer dresses: American Jewish orphans
1937: Dresses: American girls at the movies
1937: Dresses and skirts: Swedish girls
1937?: Matching summer dresses: English princesses
1937: Summer dresses: American girls
1937: Fancy dress: Little French girl
1937: Summer play romper suits American girls
1938: Schoolwear: German Kindergarten children
1939: Boys and girls Bluecoat school uniform: English school boys and girls [Note you have to click on the image to see the girls' uniform.]
1939: Girl's print dress and long stockings: American girl
1939: Girl's hairbow and strap skirt: Polish girl
1939: Girl' white hairbow, dress and stockings: Romanian girl
Late 1930s: BDM uniform: German girl
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