Figure 1.--This American boy is unidentified. His clothes suggest that the portrait was taken about 1890. The suit he is wearing does not look particularly elegant, but the tintype portrait looks to be a very low-cost portrait. Note there is not even a painted basic backdrop. This suggests to us that the boy did not come from a particularly well-to-do family. Portraits like this suggest that floppy bows were worn by boys from a wide social class spectrum.

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April 30

American floppy bows: Social class

Tintype frames

Battle of Trafalar

German gift cones: Number

April 28

World War II: France

French school chronologies: Mid-19th century

The Royal Navy: Boys and youth

European imperialism: Arab North Africa

French colonial troops

April 27

American Fauntleroy suits: Caps

The Royal Navy: Image change

NAZI Eindeutschung ( Germanization ) Program

World War II: Tokyo war crimes trials

Crimean War

William Henry Harrison Hayes

German World War I family

April 26

American 1964 presidential election

Romanian youth groups

Nationalist youth groups: Romania

German bloomer knickers: Chronology

World War II: Yugoslavia--German photographic albumsz

April 25

Tin-types: Chronology

Chinese mission schools

South African schools: Summer uniform

Delesseps family portrait: Engraved version

Individual Swiss School: Bäretswil School

April 24

German families: The 1960s

Russian Easter: Coloring eggs April 23

Worl War II: Specialized units

Hitler Youth: Farm work

April 22

German goody cones: At school

English sandals: Chronology

April 21

Englisg schools: Winchester College

German school garments: Tunics

English sandals: Sandal summer

April 20

American hair bows: Types

English Cub meetings: The Grand Howl

English Cub uniforms: The 2000s

Soviet Young Pioneers: Marine program

Soviet Young Pioneers: Young Friends of Aviators and Astronauts

Soviet Young Pioneers: Border Guard Friends

April 19

Soviet Young Pioneers: Komosol badges

German school sailor suit garments: Headwear

Unidentified boy: Ruby red ambro

American girls clothing: Garments

Cabinent card dating: Serated edges smooth corners

April 18

American eye glasses: Styles

Soviet Young Pioneer Diafilms

Colombian weddings

American button-on suits: Decorations

April 17

German weddings: Traditions

Delesseps family: Child rearing

American First Communions: The 1930s

Photographic portraits: Stand-up frames

April 16

Austrian pants

Vivian Wilde: Coats

Oscsar Wilde: Marriage

African tribes: the Hamar

Portrait frames: The 1920s--One ply frames

April 15

Fliger-HJ: Activities

Georgian history

Uzbeck Family in Hungrstan

April 14

Kurdistan

Russian fire fighters

Russia: Outings

Photographers: Prokudin-Gorskii

German family: Park outing

German Edwardian sailor suyits: Seasonality

April 12

Unidentified American boy (1840s)

April 11

German eye glasses: Chronology

April 10

Japanese school uniform garments

Urban park history

April 9

Kenyan boys clothes

Individual African country pages

World War II: Battle of Britain souvenirs

Italian day camps

Russian tights: Patterns

German boy: Long stockings

Adventures of a small daddy: Ideology

April 8

German Lederhosen: Wellies

American holidays

U.S. retailers: Rogers & Hargrave

Swiss schoolds: Leimbach School

Soviet films: Adventures of a small daddy

April 7

Swiss schools: Hombrechtikon School

Swiss knickers

Swiss schools: Mönchaltorf School

German Scouting: Early period

Photographers: Tomaso Filippi

Photographers: Carlo Naya

Russian tights: Popularity

Portuguese families

April 6

Russian schools: Classrooms

April 5

German footwear chronology: The 1940s

American First Communions: Polish-American boy

World War II: American submarine campaign

Canadian long pants suits

Swiss schools: Milchbuck Secondary School

swiss schools: Ilnau Primary School

Swiss schools: Zurlindenstrasse School

Italian footwear

German classrooms: Subjects

Hitler Youth activities: Field trips

April 4

Italian schools: Italian schools: Biancade

Movie reviews: Frühlingslied--Costumes

Cabinet cards: Styles

Soviet artist: Fedora Pavlovich Reshetnikov

Clifford Kellog Colton (1888)

April 3

Individual Italian schools: Fossato Jonico Village School

Zimbabwe

Belgian royalty: Leopold III's portrait

Individual Swiss schools: Rüdlingen School

Individual Swiss schools: Nordheim School

Individusal Danish schools

American 1870s tunic suits: Knee pants

Prince Luitpold: Knee pants suit colors

American collars: Buttoning

April 2

Czech schools: Unidentified Czech scondary school

Swedish schools: The Jomstrop school

Japanese dance

English Boys' Brigade: The 1910s

Dick Trip

April 1

Swiss schools: Eicheliacker School

Swiss school garments: Sailor suits

Russian Christmas: Chronology

Finnish schools: Individual schools

Ugandan schools

English society wedding (1915)

Japanese holidays: Culture Day

Swiss schools: Uster School (1940s)

Russian New Year portraits

Russian kindergartens: Activities

American sailor suit chronology: More work here.

Created: 2:19 AM 4/1/2009
Last updated: 2:19 AM 4/1/2009