Canadian First Communion Suits: Unknown Boy (1948)


Figure 1.--Here we have an unidentified Canadian boy in his First Communion suit. It is a conservative dark short pants suit. We have seen many Canadian boys doing their First Communion in these dark suits. We are not positive about the color, but think it was black, but it could hve been navy blue. He also wears black long stockings. Long stockings were going out of style, but still worn by some boys, especially consrvative French Canadian families.

Here we have an unidentified Canadian boy in his First Communion suit. It is a conservative dark short pants suit. We have seen many Canadian boys doing their First Communion in these dark suits. We are not positive about the color, but think it was black, but it could hve been navy blue. He also wears black long stockings. Long stockings were going out of style, but still worn by some boys, especially consrvative French Canadian families. Long stockings were often worn for warmth in cold weather, but in this case was seen as more formal than kneesocks. We believe that the portrait was taken in 1948, but are not positive.







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