Figure 1.--Here we see a german brother and sister in a formal portrait. The girl wears a colored summer dress. The boy wears a large-collar blouse, with a boldly patterened knit rompers. The romper suit is sleeveless. Both children wear tan stockings and strap shoes. Long stockings were more common for winter wear, but here they were presumably worn for formality. The children look to be about 4-7 years old. The portrait is undated, but vlooks like the 1930s to us.

The clohing worn with rompers varied. We have no idea about headwear because almost all of the images we have acquired show boys wearing rompers without any headwear. Except for headwear we note quite a range of different garments. This dependended somewhat on the type of rompers worn. Romper suits covered up everything except the hosiery and shoes. There were, however, bibfront rompers which were mostly worn with blouses. During tge summer the child might not wear a blouse. Wearing a dressy blouse gave the romper a dressy look. We notice some boys wearing long stockings with rompers, probably when the weather was cold or chilly, but we mostly notice socks. The socks included knee socks, three-quarter, and ankle socks. The footwear was mostly strap shoes or sandals.

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