Figure 1.-- We are not positive, but we see some images that look like boys are wearing their smocks like shirts, tucked into their trousers. This looks to be the case here. This is a CDV style photograph as can be seen of two children, a boy and girl, I am assuming a brother and sister. This CDV was taken by A. Wheeler, Depot St. Unadilla, NY. This CDV is not dated nor are the children identified. It looks to have been taken in the erly 1870s.

We are not positive, but we see some images that look like boys are wearing their smocks like shirts, tucked into their trousers. This is a little difficult to assess. But both the age of the child and the styling of the garment suggest this to us. The garments do not look like sorts and blouses, but much more like the way tunics were styled. It could be that the child was considered to old to be wearing tunics. Here we have no actual written information to comfirm that this was happening. Clothing in reltive terms was more expensive in reltive than is the case today. Perhaps thrifty mothers did not want ot throw away garments that were not worn out.

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