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American boys in the 1930s mostly wore knickers with knee socks. They had shifted from the long-stockings worn earlir. We note boys wearing dark knicker suits for their confirmation in 1932. The knickers we see in the 1930s are almost all ones designed to be buckled below the knee and the new knickers with elaticized cuffs at the knee. And they tended to be worn with knee socks rather than long stockings that were still common in the 1920s. Thus was a major shift from the 1920s when long stockings were still dominant. This is easier to tell than it sounds. Most long stockings were solid colors. Knee socks were mostly done in bright multi-colored patterns. The photographic record clearly shows that the great bulk of the boys wearing knickers in the 30s wore them with these boldly patterned knee socks. There were many different patterns. They were more popular with boys than girls. These bold knee socks appeared in the 1920s, but were not very popular until the late-20s. This was true even when boys were wearing suits. An exception here is formal occassions. Here mothers might insist on conservative solid colored stockings matching the suit. Here it is difficult to tell if older boys were wearing long stockings or knee socks. Another major shift in the 1930s was that boys began wearing knickers with ankle socks. We begin to see this in the mid-30s and it became increasingky common as the decade progressed. A good exanole is the Lincoln School in 1936-37.
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