Figure 1.-- Tunic suits were normally worn with bloomer knickers. Some tunic suits were made as knee pants. Some tunic suits for younger boys we have found had bloomer knickers done with bodicies to hold them up. Most of the suits we have found did nit have the bodicies. We are not sure how a boy would have held the bloomer knickers like the ones here. The pants did not have a fly, but buttoned at the side with a front flap that came down.

Tunic suits were normally worn with bloomer knickers. Some tunic suits were made as knee pants. Some tunic suits for younger boys we have found had bloomer knickers done with bodicies to hold them up. Most of the suits we have found did nit have the bodicies. We are not sure how a boy would have held the bloomer knickers like the ones here. The pants did not have a fly, but buttoned at the side with a front flap that came down. We do not see any provision for suspension. The tunic suit here were worn with matching blue bloomer knickers. While the were commonly worn with bloomer knickers, we have seen straight-leg knee pants as well. Some were made that way. Others simply did not have the drawstrings pulled. There were draw strings at the knee hem that when pulled gave the bloomer effect. Some may have had elastic. The bloomer knickers here are 17 inches long. They were usually worn so that they were closed just above the knee. Somne boys wore them with long stockings. Others wore three-quarter socks.