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We believe that the sleleton suits popular in the early-19th century were going out of style. The button-on jackets were declining in popularity. We see entirely sepatate short jackets (figure 1). We also notice frock suits and long jackets which would have been worn by older teenagers and adults, but probably not very commonly for boys. They were most likely to wear the short jackets. We are not entire sure about the collars and lapels as we have so few images. And in some cases the top of the jacket is covered with large lace or ruffled collars. A destinctive popular style was a shirt jacket with long tails. Some of the tails expanded on to the front like the suit the boy on the previous page is wearing. For adults they closed becoming frock coats. For boys they were most liklely to be kept open. Almost closed they had a skirt like appearance.
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