Figure 1.-- Father's sailor suit was a standard blue one, but the detailed haf multiple stripes rather than the nore traditional three. I think it was his dressup outfit at the time because a family photograph shows him with his sister who is decked out in what must be one of her best dresses. We know the photograph was taken in 1905. I'm not sure where it was taken, probably in the home of father's grandparents. |
As a somewhat older boy in Germany Father he seems to have worn knee pants sailor suits with long stockings. Sailor suits at the time were very popular for boys ub Germany. I'm less sure about Switzerland. We only have one portrait of him in his sailor suit so he does not seem to have worn it as commonly as some middle-class boys at the time. Father's sailor suit was a standard blue one, but the detailed haf multiple stripes rather than the nore traditional three. I think it was his dressup outfit at the time because a family photograph shows him with his sister who is decked out in what must be one of her best dresses. It certainly looks like her party dress. We know the photograph was taken in 1905. I'm not sure where it was taken, probably in the home of father's grandparents.
Voûte, Tom. E-mail message, June 13, 2006.
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