We have no information on the hosiery worn By Uruguayan children in the early 19th century. Wecsuspect yhat many children went barefoot. Boys from famolies in compfortable circumsance probanly wore lomg pnts skeleton suits. Girls wore empire dresses. As in Europe, the children probably wore short white socks. Uruguayan children wore long stockings as shortened-length pants becaome popular in the mid-19th century. Our archive is very limited, but we see striped long stockings in the 1870s. Bith boys and girls wore the sanme style of long stockings. long stockings.
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