Figure 1.-- Here we see a boy with his mother in 1916 at a general store. Serve your self shopping did not become widespread until after World war II. Notice the boy's flat cap and knickers. .
|
Figure 1.-- Here we see a boy with his mother in 1916 at a general store. Serve your self shopping did not become widespread until after World war II. Notice the boy's flat cap and knickers. . |
Children often went shopping, most comminly with their mothers. Sometimes this was because no one else was at home. Of course before World War II, children werenot nearly as cloesly supervised as is the case today. Thus children might be allowed to play on their own with friends outside the hone while mothers went shopping. Sometimes they might be taken along and if old enough could help take home the groceries. I can remember being taken shopping downtown in the 1940s. I considered this an imposition on mu weekend play time, but there was one reddeming benefit--if I behaved myself I would be rewarded with a toy soldier. There have been major changes in shopping since World War II. Americans now go shopping in the family car. Of course the mall has become a forcevin children's lives. Unfortunately shopping is not the sort of thing that is commonly photographed. We notice one image of a general store in 1916 in the days before self serve.
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Return to the Main U.S. activities page]
[Introduction]
[Activities]
[Biographies]
[Chronology]
[Clothing styles]
[Countries]
[Essays]
[Bibliographies]
[Contributions]
[FAQs]
[Glossaries]
[Satellite sites]
[Tools]
[ Boys' Clothing Home]