Figure 1.--This American boy fron New Work City wears a tunic and bloomer knickers. Note how short the tunic was. This leads us to believe that it was probably worn in the late 1910s. I'm not sure what color the tunic was.

Tunics and the bloomer knickers boys wore under them were worn at different lengths over time. The bloomer knickers have varied more than the actual tunics. The bloomer knickr were worn at lengths below or above the knee, but the tunic itseld was motly worn at lengths just above the knee. Tunics at the turn of the 20th century were worn at a length ending just above the knee. The bloomer knicker boys wore with these were worn at almost the same length, often just barely visible below the hem of the tunic. They were generally worn bloused just above the knee. We note that some of the later tunics were shorter and the boys more clearly wear knickers rather than bloomer knickers that are mostly covered by the tunics. By the late 1910s we notice some boys wearing tunics looking increasibly like jackets.

Created: October 7, 2002
Last updated: October 7, 2002