Figure 1.-- Here we see Jean and Claude on a Sunay outing, preseumably a drive in the country after church and a picnic. The boys are pictured in front of a beautiful new car their father just purchased. The straight-pane wind shield and the large head lamps help date the image. The boys wear matching outfits.

Here we see Jean and Claude on a Sunay outing, preseumably a drive in the country after church and a picnic. A French reader believes that they may be going to a party. "Sadly , I can't ask Jean. He has passed away. Why I guess It was a party? Because they were dressed in Sunday clothes and have on their blazers a a sort of blazon, When was organized a party by the school, city or others. The children often had these crests." I think " blazon " means crest used as a blazer decoration. I'm not real sure what our reader is referring to. I though it might mean a crest on the blazer, but here it looks more like a tag hanging from the lapel. The boys are pictured in front of a beautiful new car their father just purchased. The straight-pane wind shield and the large head lamps help date the image. I'm not sure what Claude is holding. The French like the Americans like to photograph the family by the family car. What we do not see in France during the 1930s is modest income families with cars. For the most part only well-to-do families like Claude and Jean's family could afford cars. The boys wear matching outfits. Both boys have fashionable white berets. They have blazers with short pants worn with open collars. Short-cut shorts had become very stylish for younger boys. Older boys wore longer shorts, although by the mid-30s older boys were also wearing shorter shorts. Here there were social-class factors. Boys from affluent families like Jean and Claude commonly wore the shorter-cut shorts. The boys do not wear Peter Pan collars or rompers, both styles which became popular for younger boys after the mid-30s.