Figure 1.--Here we see a First Communion group at a church. It is undated, but we would guess was taken in the mid-1930s. We see a god cross section of the suits worn for First Communion during the 1930s. Apparently the priest made no effort to have the boys dress alike, but most seemto be wearing long pznts, at least in the front row. Put your cursor in the imzge to see the rest of the group.

We note French boys wearing a variety of suit jackets for their First Communions in the inter-War era. Most of the available images show three different types of jackets. First we notice Many boys wore dark suit jackets. White suits were not very common. We think the suits were mostly navy blue rather than black, but we are not yet positive. The dark suits contrast with the girls white dresses. We see boys wearing both single and double-breasted jackets. Some boys wore three piece suits with vests. Even greater variry is created by the many different types of shirts and neckwear worn withj the jackets. We notice both standard collars as well as wing collars. We also see sports collar, although collars worn with ties and bowtie were more common. Second we notice Eton suits We also see short jacket worn with Eton collars. We think these Eton jackets were black and commonly worn with grey pants, usually long pants. Third we see sailor suits. A large number of boys did their First Communion in a variety of sailor suits. Most seem to be sailor jackets rather than blouses, but there was quite a lot of variation. We see both white and dark suits. The collsrs abnd dickies varied. Dark suits seem somewhat more common, but we see many white sailor suits as well. In addition to these three principal styles we notice some other less common stytles. Some boys wore what look like standard suit jackets but with a sailor collar.

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