** boys first communion suit: Canada chronology 1950s








Canadian First Communion (Early 1950s)


Figure 2.--This French Canadian boy wears a short pants suit with long stockings in the 1950s. Unfortunately the date is only an estimate. Note the beret that he is also wearing.

We can not date this image with any exactness. A French-canadian reader who sent it to us suggests that it was taken in the 1950s, but did not give an exact date or I did not take proper note of it at the time. The image is coded, 1956 but we are not sure. There is a car in the background, but is not clear enough to be much help in dating. Note the dark suit and long black stockings. This was common through the 1940s, but we see far fewer French boys wearing this style of First Communion suit in the 1950s, especially by the mid-1950s. The very early 1950s may be an exception, but we no longer commonly see long black stockings by the mid-50s. Hopefully as ur Canadian archive expands we will have a better idea of trends in the 1950s. This outfit suggests that the boy came from a conservative family. Note the beret. The boy is clearly French Canadian, but even almong French Canadians the beret was unusual.







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