Figure 1.--This studio portait of three unidentified children, a girl, baby, and boy. They look to be about 6 month to 8-years old. The girl has a huge colored hair bow and necklass. Her all white-outfit make it difficult to see what sge is wearing, buy it looks like a stylish pinafore over a dress. Her little brither looks to be about 4 years old. He wears a button-on sailor suit with knee pants and front flap buttons. It looks to be light blue. Both children wear white long stockings with strap shoes--biothe ankle strap abd instep strap types. The portrait was prepared in a three-ply paper frame with an extendavle back support. The portrait is 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. The frame is 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. It is not datd. We would guess it was taken in the late-1910s or early-20s. There is no studio information.

We see many boys wearing button-on sailor suits. This was a style for younger boys. We see the suits done for pre-school boys up to about 10-years of age. Generally speaking, the sailor suits were done in sizes to about 8-years of age. The boys here look to be about 4-9 years old. The two boys wearing button-on sailor suits look to be about 4-7 years old (figure 1). By about age 9 years, nother had decided on a more mature lapel Norfolk jacket. We rarely see boys over 10-years old wearing these button-on sailor suits. Both the the button-on styling and the sailor suit were see as outfits for younger boys. We see sone slightly older boys wering sailor suits in the 19th century, but not by the 20th century. Most of the boys we see wearing these outfits are in the 3-8 year range.

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