Figure 1.-- This is a portrait of Sam Harris with wife and son. The portrait is undated. The reader who provided the portrait dates it to about 1918-20. This is certainly possible. We tend to date in a few years later, although the late-10s is definitely possible.

This is a portrait of Sam Harris with wife and son. The portrait is undated. The reader who provided the portrait dates it to about 1918-20. This is certainly possible. We tend to date in a few years later, although the late-10s is definitely possible. The reason is that the boy is wearing knickers. While knickers were very common for school-age American boys in the 1910s, we notice many younger boys still wearing knee pants. Knickers became more standard for younger boys in the 20s. This e boy, about 6 years old, but we do not know his name. He is dressed all in white--a blouse with sailor top, and string tie, above-the-knee knickers, and white long stockings. We at first thought the boy was wearing a sailor blouse. But note that it is not tucked in and blouse at the waist. So it looks more like a sgort sailor tunic. This wsas a style worn in the 1910s and early-20s. Tunic in general were wotn in the 1900s as well, but this is a short tunic so we would date it to he late-1910s and early-20s. Both bloomer knickers and staight-leg knee pants were worn with these short tunics.

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