Figure 1.--We see more boys wearing socks (mostly three-quater socks) during the 1910s, especially younger boys during the summer. Long stockings were, however, still the stanfard for school-age boys. Two related pictures of the same boy, taken on the same day--I'm not sure of the location. It must have been spring or summer because of the foliage unless the picture was taken in a tropical place like southern California or Florida (note the flowering tree in the background).

We have two related snapshot of the same boy, taken on the same day--I'm not sure of the location. The first photograph is on the previous page. Here is the second snapshot. It must have been spring or summer because of the foliage unless the picture was taken in a tropical place like southern California or Florida (note the flowering tree in the background). One snapshot has 1919 on its back but this could be a seller's designation rather than that of the original owner. However, 1919 looks about right to me from the style of the mother's dress. I'm not sure what the boy is holding in his hand in the shot where he sitting on a garden wall with his mother. A reader asks if we can make the object out? We can not. The clothes are interesting. Note especially the very high-to shoes that the boy is wearing--much higher than the usual high-top shoes that were customary during the 1900s and 1910s. These look almost like hiking boots with four brass hooks for the laces on the uppers, which come well above the ankles. The boy is wearing short trousers or rather short knee pants rather than the knickers that were more common. While knickers were stanfard in the 1910s, we still see younger boys wearing knne pants. The long black stockings are of course hardly unusual, even in warm weather (if 1919 is the correct date). We see more boys wearing socks in the 1910s, especially during the summer. But many boys wore long stockings suring the summer. The boy's white shirt is interesting as well--white with a spread collar (a bit like a sailor style) and a string or ribbon tie. Notice also the colored flap on the breast pocket (probably light blue, or maybe even red).

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