Figure 1.--This Dutch family had two children, a boy and a girl. They look to be about 5-7 years old. We are a little unsure about the date. We would guess that it was probably taken in the late 1940s, but the early 50s is also possible. The boy looks to be wearing suspender rompers rather than regular shorts, although it is a little difficylt to tell for sure.

Here we see four Dutch siblings in 1940. The year of course is when the NAZIs invaded and occupied the Netherlands (May 1940). We do not know if the picture was taken before or aftyer the invasion. Unfortunately we do not know their name and where they were from. Nor do we know much about the family. We would guess that they cam from a comfortable, but not particularly affluent family. They look to be about 3-11 years of age. The oldest boy wears a short pants suit. Their sister wears a dress with a little jacket and a hairbow. The two youngest boys wear sailor suits. The youngest boy wears a button-on sailor suit. The older boy wears kneesocks with high-top shoes. The other three wear long stockings with closed-toe sandals. Notice the round garters on the long stockings A reader writes, "The Dutch portrait here shows that long stockings continued to be worn (as in Germany) into the 1940s. The sailor suits look a bit old-fashioned to me for that decade, and the round garters do seem to be something of an anomaly. This means of course that the boys didn't need to bother with a Leibchen."

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