Figure 1.--This portrit is of 15 year old Otmar Voegele from Centralia, Washington. Voegele sounds like a German name. Otmar wears a Norfolk knickers suit with long stokings. It is a dark suit, probably navy blue. Norfolk knickers suit were standard for American boys in the 1910s. Otmar looks a little younger than 15 years old, but boys at the time tended to look a little younger than modern boys. He probably just turned 15. Many boys by age 15 began to wear long pants, but this varies from family to family.

This portrit is of 15 year old Otmar Voegele from Centralia, Washington. Voegele sounds like a German name. Otmar wears a Norfolk knickers suit with long stokings. It is a dark suit, probably navy blue. Norfolk knickers suit were standard for American boys in the 1910s. Otmar looks a little younger than 15 years old, but boys at the time tended to look a little younger than modern boys. He probably just turned 15. Many boys by age 15 began to wear long pants, but this varies from family to family. Some boys even older than Otmar wore knicker suits. He has a pin on his lapel, ptobably an awardof somekind. We can't, however, make out any details. He has his hair in a combed back style. We at first thought that Gordon was wearing T-strap sandals. The sandals were a little unusual in America, although very common in England. But on closer examination look like two-tone Oxfords--brown and black perhaps. And I think I detect shoe laces. Such shoes would be more likely than the English-style sandals.

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