* United States boys clothes : Mid-1860s Unidentified military school brothers
Unidentified Military School Bothers (Pennsylvania, probably mid-1860s)
Figure 1.--This CDV portrait shows brothers aged about 4-13 years old. Two of the boys look to be wearing their military school uniforms. Notice the extended backs of the kepi caps. As fees were required, the boys involved came from substantial families. Their little brother is not yet school age. He wears a button-on suit with a ruffled collar and long knickers with white stockings. Shortend-length pants at the time had begun to become popular, but mostly rather young boys in fashionable big city families. The younger boy seems to have a powderhorn, perhps a Revolutionary War family heirloom. The younger boy has ringlet curls. His older brothers have rather casually done hair, but over the ears. The CDV is undated, but we would guess was taken in the mid-1860s, perhaps after the Civil War. The set and pose far from the camera strongly suggests the 1860s, although the early-70s is possible.
These three Philadelphia brothers are unidentified. The CDV portrait shows brothers aged about 4-13 years old. Two of the boys look to be wearing their military school uniforms. Notice the extended backs of the kepi caps ith the top draping forwasrd. These were called forrage caps. There were two brim styles. These llo to be the square type. There are no badges showing the name of the school. The older boy has been awared a rank. They wear their multiple button jackets partially open and hold their kepi caps. For reasons we do not fully understand, many American private schools at the time were military schools. These schools existed in both the North and South. This was an Amereican phenomenon and not a European tradition. As fees were required, the boys involved came from substantial families. Their little brother is not yet school age. He wears a button-on suit with a ruffled collar and long knickers with white stockings. Shortend-length pants at the time had begun to become popular, but mostly rather young boys in fashionable big city families. The younger boy seems to have a powderhorn, perhps a Revolutionary War family heirloom. The younger boy has ringlet curls. His older brothers have rather casually done hair, but over the ears. The CDV is undated, but we would guess was taken in the mid-1860s, perhaps after the Civil War. The set and pose far from the camera strongly suggests the 1860s, although the early-70s is possible. The studio was F.S. Keeler in Philadelphia.
