Figure 1.--Here we see a Finnish boy about 1930 earing a sailor suit. It was presumably a dressup outfit. Notice the cap on the table and the gloves he is holding. It appears to be tken for a special event. The outfit seems toobdressy for a chool portrait. He is holding a book, perhap a prayer book. We thoughtit may be a First Communion portrait, but Finland is a Lutheren not a Catholic country.

We also note some sailor garments, a style that was especially popular throughout Sandinavia and other countries which have influenced Finnish fshions, especilly Russia and Germany. The fact that they were a popular style in Russia and Germany were very important fashion influences. We know that middle-class urban boys wore sailor suits in Finland. We have found examples in both the 19th and 20th centuries. We note a Tampere boy wearing a sailor suit, we believe in the 1890s. Another example is a Finnish boy vout 1930. The styles sem very similar to those we see in Saandinavia. Wht we do not know is just how common the sailor suit. We believe it was not all that important in rural areas among the large part of the population involved in farming. This is, however, just our prelinimary assessment which we can not yet cinfirm becaue of our very limited Finnish archive.

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