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We do not know this boy's name. We do know that he was from St. Louis, Missouri and that he did his First Communion at St. Anthony Church which may have had an attached school in 1917. His First Communion outfit included a white blouse, white kneepants, white long stockings, and white strap shoes. The collar looks to be a detachable Eton Collar worn with a good sized bow rather than a tie. All the boys doing their First Communion at St. Anthony wore the same basic outfit so they must have received instructions from the Church. He looks to be 6-7 years old. We have a portrait of the entire St. Anthony group which included older boys doing their Confirmnation. This is a separate portrait done in a photographic studio after the First Communion. His hair was dine in bangs, but rather long at the side. We had thought that most boys had their hair cut before beginning school, but this apparently was not always the case forc 1st and 2nd graders.
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