Figure 1.-- HBC has noted another Italian on boy taking his First Communion, probably in the early-1950s. We know he is Italian, but are not sure where in Italy the family was located. The boy wears a midium-weight short pants suit. The shorts are rather long and have old-fashioned buttons at the knee hem--rather like kneepants. I believe this was done as a style for more formal suits. |
HBC has noted another Italian on boy taking his First Communion. Here is his individual portrait. There was also a portrait of the group with which he did his First Communion. We are not sure just what the group is.
The boy here looks to have taken his First Communion in the early-1950s. We do not know his name. We do know he is Italian, but are not sure where in Italy the family was located. The boy wears a midium-weight short pants suit. The shorts are rather long and have old-fashioned buttons at the knee hem--rather like kneepants. I believe this was done as a style for more formal suits. Notice there are only two button. Actual kneepants normally had three buttons at the knee hem. The boy wears wears gloves and patterened white kneesocks with white shoes. Many of the 1950s images we have noted show Italian boys wearing ankle socks in First Communion portraits. This portrait is a little different than many First Communion portraits in that it was actually taken at the church altar. We can not see the sleeve decoration, but he had an elaborate bow on his left shoulder.
The boy here is part of a group in the early 1950s. We are not sure just what kind of group it was. There were nine children. That seems to be too small to be a school group. The children are emaculately dressed. The boys wear what look like expensive short pants suits. The boys all wear exactly the same suit which means a suit had to be purchased specifically for the ceremony. The only difference we note is slightly different white kneesocks and one boy wearing black rather than white shoes. The girls wear what look like little nuns habits. (Minature wedding dresses were more common.) These outfits look expensisve thus this could not have been a normal primary school group with children of varying economic backgrounds. Perhaps they attended an exclusive private school. The children were photographed at the altar with the priest that gave them their First Communion.
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