Figure 1.--This boy wears quite a destinctive jacket with a large white collar. Several boys in the class had other interesting jackets as well as suit jackets that would be seen as modern looking. The collar looks somewhat like an Eton collar, but it is not stiff and doest not appear to be detachable. Notice the badge that he is wearing. Image courtesy of the MD collection. |
We note a few large white collars looking a bit like Eton collars. At least three of the boys are wearing sailor suits. Each of the suits are different, but are all dark suit. They each are styled traditionally, a contrast with early 20th century styles when sailor suits often were done in a wide range of style. At least one boy wears lederhosen. Sweaters were clearly popular garments, even the teacher wears one. Several boys wear different kinds of sweaters, both long sleeve and sleeveless collars. There are also sweaters with collars. Many sweaters seem more like jacketrs. Sone have zippers rather than buttons. Quite a few look like they were knitted by motheror grandmother. Some boys wear neckties. Most boys wear long sleves, but we see at least one boy wearing short sleeves. Scveral boys wear suits. There are also boys with older styled jacker tht button at the collar. One boy has a shirt or jacket buttoning on the shoulder. A few boys just wear shirts.
We note a few large white collars looking a bit like Eton collars. Most boys, however, have small soft collars. We see only one boy obviously wearing a detachable collar, but there may well be two. We are not sure, for example, if the boy hear wears a detachavle collar or if that large collar is part of a blouse that he is wearing (figure 1). Some of the sweaters have collars.
At least three of the boys are wearing sailor suits. Each of the suits are different, but are all dark suit. They each are styled traditionally, a contrast with early 20th century styles when sailor suits often were done in a wide range of style. Through the 1920s, sailor suits were very common. By 1936 we suspect that only the youngest boys like these children would have worn sailor suits to school. Boys entered the Hitler Youth at age 10. These boys look to be about 7 years old and thus nt yet eligible to paricipate. The NAZIs rapidly expanded the program and by 1936, most boys were participating. The NAZIs did not favor the sailor suit and it is likely that after becoming Hitler Youth boys, few German boys by 1936 wore sailor suits. An exception here was the boys that went into the Marine (Naval) Hitler Youth which had sailor suit uniforms.
At least one boy wears lederhosen. He is the only boy I note wearing lederhosen. Lederhosen were at one time a regional garment, but by the 1930s were more widely worn. Still they were most common in Bavaria. This suggests to me that the school may be in northern Germany as in Bavaria and the Alpine areas more boys may have worn lederhosen. His haltar seems rather fancy with a bold design. He wears it with a littlke different shirt than I have commonly seen.
Sweaters were clearly popular garments, even the teacher wears one. Several boys wear different kinds of sweaters, both long sleeve and sleeveless collars. There are also sweaters with collars. Many sweaters seem more like jackets. Sone have zippers rather than buttons. Quite a few look like they were knitted by mother or grandmother. The number of sweaters being worn suggest that the photograph was taken with the weather was still chilly, but other garmemnts suggest that it was not yet the height of winter.
A few boys just wear shirts without jackets or sweaters. Most boys wear long sleves, but we see at least one boy wearing short sleeves. One boy has a shirt or jacket buttoning on the shoulder. Other shirts look rather modern.
Several boys wear suits. There are also boys with older styled jacket that button at the collar. The boy here wears an interesting suit jacket that had a flap, rather like a large lapel, that crossed over the front buttoning with three buttons on the other side (figure 1). One boy has a shirt or jacket buttoning on the shoulder. Other boys wear modern looking suit jackets. They look to be double breasted jackets, but it is rather difficult to tell. The lapels are all rather large.
Some boys wear neckties. A few boys wear bow-like neckwear. The bows are much smaller than worn earlier by boys, but do appear to be bows. Another boy wears a kind of string neckwear with bolo balls. I'm not sure what color they might have been. Most boys wear even open-neck shirts or shirts and jackets that button at the collar, but without neckwear.
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