Figure 1.-- This family snapshot shows Anni and Erkki Matila with their 10 children in front of their house. The photo was taken in the village of Oijärven during 1955. There are three girls and seven boys. The boys mostly wear "T"shirts. The older boys (and the father) have these rugby-style (collar shirts that are partially open at the front) shirts. Rather than Brirish rugby shirts with stripes and buttons, thedse are solid colored shirts which have string ties. The boys at the front have short pants, the yougest has H-bar shorts. The boys at the back wear both short and long pants, but we can't tell which ones. All the girls wear dresses, ome with a pinafore. They look to be a farm family. Here we can begin to see the fashion difference between rural and urban families disappearing.

This family snapshot shows Anni and Erkki Matila with their 10 children in front of their house. The photo was taken in the village of Oijärven during 1955. There are three girls and seven boys. The boys mostly wear "T"shirts. The older boys (and the father) have these rugby-style (collar shirts that are partially open at the front) shirts. Rather than Brirish rugby shirts with stripes and buttons, thedse are solid colored shirts which have string ties. We are not sure what they were called in Finland. The boys at the front have short pants, the yougest has H-bar shorts. The boys at the back wear both short and long pants, but we can't tell which ones. All the girls wear dresses, ome with a pinafore. They look to be a farm family. Here we can begin to see the fashion difference between rural and urban families disappearing. Also notice how the clse-cropped hair cuts have disappeared and the boys all have full heads of hair.

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