Figure 1.--This is a cabinet card photo of a boy identified on the back as, “Coley Collins". The photo was taken on July 14, 1886 by Mowry in Elmira, New York. American boys by the 1880s were increasingly wearing kneepants, but many boys like Colley wore long trousers as well.

Coley Collins (United States, 1886)

This is a cabinet card photo of a boy identified on the back as, “Coley Collins". The photo was taken on July 14, 1886 by Mowry in Elmira, New York. American boys by the 1880s were increasingly wearing kneepants, but many boys like Colley wore long trousers as well. Note the very high lapels on Colley's jacket. Also note how short the jacket is cut. Many boys wore bows with their suits. Colley seems to wear rather adult-looking neckwear.






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