Figure 1.- This is part of a "Boy's Life" cover (January 1930) It shows boys attired for winter sports, specifically sled riding and ice hockey. Notice that the boys playing ice hockey wear no masks and no helmets as they would today. They also seem to have very little or perhaps no padding under their jerseys, shorts, and stockings. Hockey for high school boys was much less violent and physical than it has become in our own time. A couple of additional points are worth noting. The shorts are shorter than we see in today's hockey gear. The striped long stockings in team colors, however, are very familiar. The boy who is sled riding at the bottom wears knickers with knee socks. The socks have striped turnover tops. He wears a red woolen sweater on top of his shirt. Note that he has lost his matching flat cap which has come off during his speedy ride. These images seem to reflect what boys wore for winter sports in 1930. |
