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We are unsure about the social-class conventions. We note quite a few family images of boys from affluent or at least comfiortable families wearing sailor suits. And by the 1910s we have many family snapshots with homes and other settings in the background so we can make some assessment of social class. In the 19th century we have mostly studio portraits to go on. Here we see an unidentified boy in the family estate located in a toney neighbirhood of Phildelpgia--Chesnut Hills during 1912 (figure 1). While we think of sailor suits as primarily an urban middle-class style, we do see them, being worn in rural areas as well. A good example is an unidentified boy with his sisters in 1913. This is notable because the family appears to be a rural family of relatiuvely modest means. We se few working-class bots wearing sailor suits. We arev not entirely sure why this was. There were relatively inexpensive sailor suits available.
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