Figure 1.--This CDV portrait shows brothers from Iowa Hills, we think in California. The studio was J.M. Jacobs. Thevboys look to be about 5 and 8 years old. |
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Most boys wore long pants, even most younger boys. Mosdt boys went straight from dresses after breeching to long pants. The shortened-length pants were still worn by younger boys. Most portraits we have found do not specify the ages. We suspect based on estimating the ages that the children wore the shortened-lerngth pants to about age 8 years. The lack of older boys weating shortened-length pants can be seen in school portraits. This is a little difficult to assess in individual portraits. We certainly do not see boys over age 10 wearing them. Portraits of brothers and families also show only the younger boys wearing-shortened-length pants.
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