Figure 1.-- Here we see a little American boy weraing a sailor suit with bloomer knickers. He wears ather baggy white stockings with single-bar strap shoes. The portrait is undated, but looks to have been taken in the 1910s.

Boys wearing formal clothes with long white stockings in the early 20th cenbtury commonly wore them with strap shoes. Single bar strap shoes were the most common, but some boys also wore double or multiple bar shoes. For less formal occasions "T" strap shoes were also worn. Usually they were black shoes, probably patent leather. We have, however, noticed colored strap shoes as well. We also note portraits of boys wearing high-top shoes with long stockings. A example is an unidentified boy photographed with his siser about 1910. Another good example is an unidentified family, also about 1910. These shoes were the most common type of shoe in the early 20th century, but children wearing white long stockings with formal outfits often wore strap shoes. A good example is the Tucker boys about 1910. The boys wear double-bar strap shoes.

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