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English Boys Suits: Garments--Footwear


Figure 1.--Here we see bbrother and suster during the summer, we think in the 1930s. The boy wears a double-breasted short pants suit. Notice the bioy is wearing closed-toe sandals without socks.

We see both low-cut and high-top xhoes in the 19th century. High top shoes were commoinly worn in tghe second half of the 19th century (figure 1). They were, however, not mearly as common as in Americawhere high top shoes were almost unib=versal in the second half of the 19th cenbtury. We also see strap shoes. They were vey common with Faunteltiy suits in the late-19th century. -We continue to see high-top shoes after the turn-of-the 20th century, but they disappear by the 1930s. We see mostly see boys wearing low cut shoes in the 20yth century. Some younger boys wore sandals with suits, especially during the summer with sandals, sometimes even without socks. Here a factoe that boys wore sduitsd to a greater exten than uin America, to bith school and many casual occassioins. Boyswear in sanbdaks with suits seem especially common with families on vacation.






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