Figure 1.--This unidentified English boy wears what looks like a kilt suit whle riding a hobbyhorse. Note he wears socks rather than long stockings as was common in America. The CDV is undated, but looks like the late-1860s or early-70s. He looks to be about 5-years old. The studio was E. Harrison in Kidderminster.

We believe that English boys were wearing kilt suits (1860s). While we do not have dated examples, we have several CDV portraits that look to be taken in the 60s. And of course we a have a few Dags that were taken in the 1850s, perhaps thev 40s. So there musthave been some biys wearing kilt suits in the 60s. While some could have been taken in the early-70s, we think some were surly taken in the 60s. Without actual dated images, however, we can not be sure. The popularity of the CDV meant that the photographic record significantly expanded in the 1860s. Thus we have more condudence in using these images as an indicator of prevalence. The larger numbers provide mre valid results. The CDV here looks to have been taken in the 1860s (figure 1). Note the jacket and kilt skirt do not match. We are not sure how common thst was as we have so few eamples. Both children wear pantalettes. The CDVs are a little easier to date and it suggests that they were worn earlier, but HBC does not yet have information as to the actual time line or the extent to which they were worn. We are, however, not sure about the date. Notice that unlike America, some Engklish boys were wearing kilt suits with socks rather than long stockings.

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