Figure 1.--This photo-back portrait is of American boy John C. Koch. His mother has written a New Years greeting on the back and John signed it. He looks to be about 6 years old. He wears a white sailor-styled tunic suit with frilled trim rather than stripe styling. He wear his tunic suit with a wide-brimmed hat, knee socks, and twin-bar sandals. The way the hat is shaped we can comfortably date the portrait to the 1910s. The other styles are also consistent with the 1910s. This is also the case for Artura stamp boxes (1910-24). These tunic suits were ofen worn with white three-quarter socks or long stockings, but knee socks began to appear in the late-1910s. We notice a few boys wearing knickers with them instead of long stockings. Notice the plaid tops. The sandals were marketed as barefoot sandals at the time.

This photo-back portrait is of American boy John C. Koch. His mother has written a New Years greeting on the back and John signed it. The name suggests German ancestry. John looks to be about 6 years old. He wears a white sailor-styled tunic suit with frilled trim rather than stripe styling. This would be a summer outfit for dressy wear. We see quite a few American boys wearing these tunic suits. He wear his tunic suit with a wide-brimmed hat, knee socks, and twin-bar sandals. The way the hat is shaped we can comfortably date the portrait to the 1910s. The other styles are also consistent with the 1910s. This is also the case for Artura stamp boxes (1910-24). These tunic suits were often worn with white three-quarter socks or long stockings, but knee socks began to appear in the late-1910s. We notice a few boys wearing knickers with them instead of long stockings. Notice the plaid tops. The sandals were marketed as barefoot sandals at the time. John's hair is done in bangs with longish at the sides.

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