Figure 1.--Here we see three unidentified Scottish children, They look to be about 3-8 years of age. The youngest child looks to be weating a pinafore. The middle boy wears a sailor blouse. The older boy wears a Fauntleroy lace collar with a collar buttoning jacket. All the children wear long stockings. The boys have low-cut shoes. We are not sure about the date. We would guess the 1890s, although the card has sharp connors which is more associated with earlier periods. The studio is Smith of Peterhead. Peterhead is a small town in Aberdeenshire. Peterhead is a port and sits at the easternmost point in mainland Scotland. It is often referred to as The Blue Toun.

Here we see three unidentified Scottish children, They look to be about 3-8 years of age. The youngest child looks to be weating a We are not sure the child is a boy or girl. The middle boy wears a sailor blouse. The older boy wears a Fauntleroy lace collar with a collar buttoning jacket. All the children wear long stockings. The boys have low-cut shoes. This was common in Britain although high--tops were aksomworn. In America children mostly wore high-top shoes. We are not sure about the date. We would guess the 1890s, although the card has sharp connors which is more associated with earlier periods. The studio is Smith of Peterhead. Peterhead is a small town in Aberdeenshire. Peterhead is a port and sits at the easternmost point in mainland Scotland. It is often referred to as The Blue Toun

A reader writes, "I think it is very interesting that the older boy is wearing button shoes while the younger boy is wearing lace shoes. I imagine the lace shoes are easier for someone to dress another as is true with the sailor suit as compared to the Fauntleroy outfit. I would have thought it the opposite. Quite puzzling to me unless the younger boy was fussier or would not sit still long enough to be dressed in the fancier suit. It also may have been a special event for the older boy that was being commemorated such as a recital etc. and that explains the fancier outfit. I don't quite know what to make of it."

I recall how much trouble I had learning how to tie my laces. It is intersting that the yiunger boy has laces and thevolder boy had button shoes. Th button shoes were, however, not a child hoe type. Adults wore both button shoes and lace up shies. Our reader writes, " I remember being very proud of the fact that I entered Kindergarten being able to tie my shoes easily. Many friends had double knots so their mothers could tie them in the morning and get through the day without an issue. I was amazed at seeing a double knot and remember I had to tie mine several times a day."

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