Figure 1.-- This unidentified American boy is dressed up in a knee pants suit and riding his trike. He looks to be about 5-years old. Notice the large white collarr and white stockings. The potograph is undated, but the hat suggests the 1910s.

We still see quite a few 5-years olds wearing white long stockings when dressing up. We have found quite a few examples in the photographic record. This was the last pre-school year, although sove 5-year olds attended Kingergarten. We note 5-year olds weasring white long stockings as part of their standard drss-up outfits, especially spring and summer outfits. After boys began school, at 6-years of age, we mostly see white long stockings for formal events like weddings. For 5-year olds this was not the case, the white stovkings might be wirn with standard suits and not just formal events. A good example is an American boy who looks to be about 5 years old in the early 20th century. Another example is the boy on the previous page. Another good example is an unidentified family about 1910. Most boys wore white long stockings with knee pants. Even in the 1910s when knicvkers became stadard foir school age boys, whire long stockinfs were almost always worn with knee pants. Here a factor is the ge of the boys. While knee pants went out of style cor bots, younger boys continued to wear them, especially in the 1910s.

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