Figure 1.--This postcard-back family portrait shows two boys about 10-14 years old. The fathers dress suggests the 1910s. Mother's blouse and skirt could also be the 1910s or early-20s. She is dresed rther plainly compared to her husband. They are wearing matching traditionally styled long pants sailor suits. Sailor suits were very popular boy' wear in Germany during the early-20th century. The only difference is the younger boy wears matching soft sailor cap while his older brother her wears his school cap. We suspect that it was taken in the very early-1920s, in part because of the younger boy'bangs. Close-copped hair was much more common in the 1910s. While we are guessing the early-20s, it could easily be the late-1910s.

This postcard-back family portrait comes without any information. The only thing on the back is Foto Bayer in small print. The portrait is almost certainly German. There are parents with two boys about 10-14 years old. The fathers dress suggests the 1910s. Mother's blouse and skirt could also be the 1910s or early-20s. She is dresed rather plainly compared to her husband. They are wearing matching traditionally styled long pants sailor suits. Sailor suits were very popular boy' wear in Germany during the early-20th century. The only difference is the younger boy wears matching soft sailor cap while his older brother her wears his school cap. We suspect that it was taken in the very early-1920s, in part because of the younger boy'bangs. Close-copped hair was much more common in the 1910s. While we are guessing the early-20s, it could easily be the late-1910s. We can't see his older brother's hair. Also this doesn't look to us like a war-time image which is why we think it may be about 1920. THis was a very difficult time in Germany. So we think that many people coninued wearing 1910s clothing in the early-20s. While dating the image is difficult we are more confident in our assessment of a middle-class image. Here the sailor suits are a good indicator.

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