Figure 1.--This boy wore a dark long pants sailor suit for First Communion. Notice the white collar. His stylish sailor har is on the chair. |
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While girls wore veil type headwear for First Communion, most boys did not have headwear as part of their First Communion suits. The major exception was boys wearing sailor suits for First Communion. Even with sailor suits, most boys did not have headwear, but a few did. The photographic record suggests that boys' headwear was not very common at all. Almost always the headwear was some kind of sailor hat or cap. We also see a few boys wearing their school caps with sailor suits for First Communion. Most of the examples we have found are from the 1920s or 30s. Most of the examples we have found are from formal studio portraits. We are not sure how commonly the boys actually wore the hats, although the caps were probably worn to some extent, especially the school caps.
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