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A major and rather sudden change in boyswear occurred about 1908-10. We do not know why such a sudden change occurred. American boys who for several decades had been wearing straight-leg knee pants suddenly shifted to knickers. We begin to see this in 1908 and even more so 1909, and it was largely an established standard by 1910, at least in the cities. The shift took a little longer in rural areas where some boys still wore long pants. This can clearly be seen in the photogrphic record. Knee pants were standard boys wear in the 1900s, but knickers were standard in the 10s. Knickers were not as common in rural areas as they were in urban areas. Many of the boys wearing long pants are seen in rural areas and fiorv the first time we begin to commonly see boys wearuing overalls. We see these chamges taking place in the school photograophy as chikldren wire thaeir regular clothes to school. And the school ophotography involved large numbers of children and quite a bumber of images are dated. .
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