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HBC has little information on the sailor suits worn by Hungarian boys. Our Hungarian archive is very limited. Like Austria, Hungary is a rather small country and some areas were largely agricultural and not very affluent. We believe that sailor suits were commonly worn by boys, especially middle-class and affluent city boys. This was a standard throughout Europe and it would be surprising not to see the suits in Hungary, especially as the country was so closely tied into the Austrian/German cultural group. But because we have so little information and so few images, we can not say a great deal at this time. Hungary is of course a land-locked country located squarely in the middle of Europe. But before 1918, Hungary was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire which did have a navy, albeit a small one. HBC is unsure at this time to what extent there were differences between Austria and Hungay as to the popularity of the sailor suit or the styles of sailor suits worn. The sailor suits we have noted look rather like a Austrian/German suits. We notice one boy in 1911 wearing an all-white kneepants sailor suit, even the neck scarve was white. Only his long stockings were not white. We do see Austrian boys living in Budapest and oyher large cities wearing sailor suits before World War I. We are less sure about Hungarian boys, but we suspect it was fairly common among middle-class boys in the cities. We are not sure about the era following the War. We do have a family portrait with all three boys wearing white sailor suits. The blouses look just like German suits with a tidy scarve and white cord. The fact that we have few other Hungarian images of boys wearing ailor suits probably redlects the fact thar our archive is very limited, not that Hungarian boys did not commonly wear the suits.
HBC has little information on the sailor suits worn by Hungarian boys. Our Hungarian archive is very limited. Like Austria, Hungary is a rather small country and some areas were largely agricultural and not very affluent. We believe that sailor suits were commonly worn by boys, especially middle-class and affluent city boys. This was a standard throughout Europe and it would be surprising not to see the suits in Hungary, especially as the country was so closely tied into the Austrian/German cultural group. But because we have so little information and so few images, we can not say a great deal at this time.
Hungary is of course a land-locked country located squarely in the middle of Europe. As a result, the country like Austria does not have a strong naval tradition. But before 1918, Hungary was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire which did have a navy, albeit a small one. The principal Austrin port was Trueste. Of course Germany also did not have a strong naval tradition, although the Kaiser began building a high-seas fleet before World War I--one of aeries of incredible mistakes leading to the disaster of World war I. But despite this lack of a nval trdion, the sailor suit was probably more popular in Germany than any other country.
HBC is unsure at this time as to differences between Austria/Germany and Hungay as to the styling of the sailor suit Hungarian boys wore. The few sailor suits we have noted look rather like a Austrian/German suits. We see V-collars, stripes, and tidy tie and white cords. We notice one boy in 1911 wearing an all-white knee pants sailor suit, even the neck scarve was white (figure 1). This was a non-traditional suits, but we hace seen similar suits in Germany. Only his long stockings were not white. We do see Austrian boys living in Budapest and oyher large cities wearing sailor suits before World War I. We are less sure about Hungarian boys, but we suspect it was fairly common among middle-class boys in the cities. We are not sure about the era following the War. We do have a family portrait with all three boys wearing white sailor suits. The blouses look just like German suits with a tidy scarve and white cord. The fact that we have few other Hungarian images of boys wearing ailor suits probably redlects the fact thar our archive is very limited, not that Hungarian boys did not commonly wear the suits.
We do not yet have enough information on Hungary to develop an assessment of age conventions for sailor suits. Our preliminary assessment is that conventions in Hungary were similar to those in Germany and Austria. For several centuries Hungary was ruled by the Hapsburgs in association with Austria. Thus nany of the same militry traditions were at play. That does not mean that they were identical, but thee were many similarities. Our limited Hungarian archive makes this difficult to assess. we nnote boys of a wide age range wearing sailor suitsfrom pre-school boy to younger teens, basically the same pattern we see in Germany and Austria. Of course the age conventions have varied over time.
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