Figure 1.--Here we see a group of children we think in the 1900s, presumably children. They look to be about 1-9 years old. The boy at the left wears a sailor tunic similar to his brother's sailor bloyse. The older boy at the right wear a Fauntleroy, blouse. It was one of the less elaborte blouses worn by older boys no longer wearing Funtleroy suits. It has a large collar with ruffled trim, but is done in a plain cotton fabric. Notice how mom got out her comb and got work on the hair parts, even for the baby.

Blouses were very common for boys in the early-20th century. We see many boys wearing blouses in the 1900s. Sailor and Fauntleroy blouses were the two most commo styles. And we see see mamy boys wearing them. Sailor blouses might bev worn for every day and for dressing up. Faintleroy blouses included fancy ones worm worn for sunday and formal occassions. We also see Fauntlroy blouses in ordinary cotton fabric and without the elaborate lace trim and ruffles. that were not only worn for dressing up but for some casual occassions. They were not the only blouse styles. Eton collars were still worn, but they were normally detachable collars. And we see Peter Pan and other large collars appear at the turn-of-the 20th century. We also see large collars, but without fancy trim. A good example are the large collars worn unidentified Texas boys about 1905. Many of these were detachable collars worn with shirt waists. Others just had Eton or Peter Pan-shaped collars. Often these were attached to the blouses. Many of the blouses we see are Faumtleroy blouses. Fauntleoy suits were becoming less common, but we still see lage numbers of portaits with boys wearing Fauntleroy blouses. A good example is John Conway in 1906.

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