Figure 1.--Here we see a German primary class in 1959. Notice the different atmosphere and class size than we see before World war II. The children look to be about 9-10 years old. At least two of the boys wear Lederhosen and haltars. One boy wears a Bavarian jacket.

Lederhosen were particularly common at primary schools during the 1950s. We see school age boys of all ages wearing Lederhosen throughout the decade. They were particularly commion with boys in primry school. A good example is Erich Maydl just beginmning school in 1951. But boys of all age wore them., especially in the early-50s. This was a time that jeans had not yet become popular and worn at school. We note some boys weaing Lederhosen for their first day portraits. A good example is an unidentified boy in 1957. Often a few boys in many primary schools are wearing lederhosen by the 1950s. While Lederhosen seem nost common in primary school with younger boys, we see boys of all ages wearing Lederhosen to school in the 1950s, both younger and older boys. One example of what looks like a younger teenager appears to be in secondary school. We see many pre-teen boys wearing Lederhosen to school. Sometimes even teenagers, especially younger teenagers through the early-1950s. Older boys might wear Lederhosen as casual wear, but we believe would be less likely to wear them to school. Older boys wtill commonly dressed up in secondary school.

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