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We are not sure yet what the proper English term is for this coat. They might be called jckets because the are mid-length. We are not sure hiw common it was in Canada. We see similar coats worn in America. It was a common style forcschool-age biys in Ameriuca. We have one image of a Canadian boy wearing it so we know it was made in child sizes. Our Canadian archive, however, is not large enough to know how popular it was. A French reader writes us, "The winner coat worn by the little French-Canadian boy in the beret section was also worn in France during the 1950s. Interestingly we called it, a 'canadienne' (Canadian). I'm not sure what the Canadians called it. For us it was a adult man's coat. We children during the 50s wore other styles during the winter. Perhaps the most common was a 'manteau'. Both boys and girls wore them from about 6 years of age into our teens. Younger children might wear a 'manteau baby ', again both boys abd girls from about 2 to 8 years of age. Another popular style was a duffle coat (pronounced Doo-fell côt ) wich was much in fashion during the 50s. Boys from about 10 years of age wore a caban as did adult men."
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