Figure 1.--This appears to be a French commercial postcard showing what looks to be a painting. It is signed what looks something like 'Casromer'. We have no idea as to the identity of the boy. French post cards would sold throughout Europe, in this case Belgium. It was sent from Liège, a city in Belgian Walonia where French is spoken and French cuklture is dominant. The sender was a Polish resudent. The message on the back seems to be in Polish. Another reader thinks it may be Kithuanian. In any case as it is a commercial postcard, there is no relationship between the boy on the front and the person sending the card. The pist card is dated 1937. At this time many Polish workers were coming to work in the Belgian coal mines. These peoples were veryhard working and also came to work in mines in Germany and France. (After Hitler seized power, NAZI authorities began deporting Poles who were not citizens. Click on the image for a fuller discussion. .

We note French boys wearing fancy blouses with short pants in the 1930s. The blouses might have wide or fancy collars. Often they had baloon sleeves. Many were worn without jackets, but we see some images with cut-away jackets. The short pants were commonkly cut much shorter than were common in the 1920s. These outfits were nore common with families living in comfortabke circumstances. We do not think that they were commonly called Little Lord Fauntleroy suits as the term was rather dated by the 1930s. A French reader uses the term garçons modèles. The outfits wee commonly wiorn wuth white siocks, including knee socks, and ankle socks, and strap shoes. Hair styles could vary.

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