Figure 1.-- Les Petits Chanteurs d'Asnières appears to have been photographed at an outdoor performance in 1969. The boys wear white military-like caps, white shirts, dark ties, probably blue short pants, white kneesocks, and black leather shoes. Notice one og the choristers wearing long pants.

Many of the boys wear short pants. HBC believes that these were blue shorts as was common at some private Catholic schools and with other French choirs. Some of the boys seem to have short pants of a slightly different shade. Some of the boys may be wearing long pants, but it is difficult to tell from the photograph. At least one older boy in one photograph wears long pants, presumably blue pants matching the shorts of the other boys. We're not sure what the rule was. Perhaps at a certain age the choristers were allowed to wear long pants. In other iavailable photographs some of the older boys in jackets wear longs, but the choristers in white shirts wear short pants. Apparently there was an interim stage before they were old enough to wear the jackets that they were allowed to wear long pants. Some of the boyss' shorts seem to be different shades, perhaps due to washing as presumably they were all purchases from a single outfitter.