Figure 1.-- The unidentified German boy here wears a trimly-cut single-breasted jacket. It has a modern look, except that the lapels are cut high on thejacket. I'm not sure what the two lapel pens were for. Knee pants were common for boys at the time. He wears them with long stockings and high-top shoes. He looks to be about 13-years old. THe sphoitographic studio was Josef Rauchfuss in Benben.

Younger German boys wore a variey of different suit styles in the 1910s. The suits worn by younger boys were much more diverse than those worn by older boys and men. We note many charming portraits of Germany boys dressed in a wide aray of differet suit styles for their first day of school. We see many boys wearing sailor suits rather than types of sack suits. Collar-butoning suits jackets were also very common. Younger boys mostly wore knee pans suits, but we see some suits done with bloomer knickers. Older boys were more likely to wear sack suits with lapels. We see both single and double breasted jackets. Some have a rather modern look. Norfol styling was poplar. We see both knee pants and long pants suits. Here age was the principal factor, but conventins varied from family to family. Boys often got a more adult-looking suit for his confirmation at about age 13 years. We note relativey small lepels in the 1910s. Many of these suits, however, were done with knee pants. Knicker suits were not very common.

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