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We note both individual outfits and group outfits with the children dressed alike. A lot of the white outfits were the coordinated groups. They were probably Catholic school groups. But they could be Catholic church groups. Not all Catholic childre attended Catholic schools. nd many Catholic churches did not have associated schools. Here all the children are dressed in white with black long stockings. The boys all wear white jackets or blouses, but of different styles. They also wear white pants, both knee pants and knickers. This mix helps fate the portrait. Knickers only appeared in any numbers in the late-1900s decade and only became standard in the 1910s. We see some younger boys wearing knee pants in the early-20s, but knickers were much more common. This all suggests that the portrait was taken in the early-1910s. The girls all wear junior wedding gowns. Both the jackets/blouses and wedding dresses varied, but stylistic deails are basically lost in a sea of white. Unfortunately there's no identifying info and we have no deails such as where the schoolor church was located.
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