Figure 1.--There is no information associated wih this portrait. It is a print coming in a paper folder. We would gue that it was taken un the 1910s. The unidentified boy looks to be out 11 years old. Hewears a velvet blouse suit. Notice the Eton collar and floppy bow. The blouse has what looks like a pannel front with double-breasted buttoning.

Less commonly than regular blouses, we note boys wearing blouses made of the same heavier material as the pants/trousers which of course made up a suit. These outfits seem very similar to tunic suits with the boy wearing a bloused top rather than a tunic. We see these suits mostly in the early-20th, but we have just begun to work on the topic. We note different styles. The most common style is the sailor blouse. But this was so common it is almost in a dtyle by itself. The examples we have found, with the exception of the sailor blouses were collar buttoning blouses. There were a variety of other styles. The blouses were all long sleeves. They all seem to be won bloused out with waistllone drawstrings. The boy on the previous page wears a blouse with a kind of side buttoning style. We notice other example here with a kind of double breasted, double row of buttons (figure 1). The blouse itelf was plainly styles. Devorative items were added. They were often worn with detachable white Eton collars as well as colorful floppy bows. We are still assessing just how prevalent this was.

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