Figure 1.--This English CDV is undated, but looks to be from the 1860s. The unidentified boy looks to be about 4 years He wears a belted tunic with stripe detailing. The stripe detailing is repated on the knee pants. There are front buttons all the way down the front. The buttons are hard to see as they are the same color as the tunic. He also has a large white collat with scalloped edges and a bow tied like a stock bow. He has white socks and black patent strap shoes with a bow. The studio and city are not induicated.

We also see straight-leg knee pants made out of the same material as the tunic rather than the lighter pantalette fabric. We notice boys wearing knee pants with tunics in the 1860s. This seems a very populr choice in England. We are not sure about the 1850s, but with the far greater number of CDV inmages, we see many examples in the 1860s. We note one boy with stripe detailing on the knee pants matching those on his tunic. This us something we do not see all that much. Here we see the children all done in white around the turn-of-the 20h century (figure 1). The two boys look to be about 5-7 years old and wear sailor outfits. The older boy has a sailor blouse. The younger boy wears a sailor tunic with matchihg white knee pants.

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