Figure 1.-- This 1860s Civil War era CDV shosw two bioys with their mother. The boys look to be about 4-9 years old. The younger boy wears an early kilt suiy, a style that was just beginning ti become popular. Rge podrtrait came from a CDV album of a family from the Youngstown, Ohio area.

We note very young voys wearing long panrts in the 1960s. 8:16 PM 11/1/2020It was common at the time for younger boys to wear dressesc and the new kilt suits. The age at which children were breeched varied from family. This occurred for most boys somewhere between 3-6 years old. At which time, most boys began wearing long pants. A good example is C. Stewart, a very young by in 1865, perhaps about 4 years old. Another example is Ollie Vail,an American boy about 7-8 years old. The boy on the previous page looks to be about 8 years old. The boys here look to be about 4-9 years old (figure 1). An American school portrait in the 1860s show most of the boys wearing long pants. Another example is two American brothers, pribably about 5-8 years old. The photographic record clearly shows that most boys, even younger boys wore long pants in the 1860s.

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