Figure 1.--This family snapshot was taken in Brushy Creek, Kentucky during May 1942. It shows Arville and Mary Gilliam with their five children. As mother wears an apron, we are guessing that they are near home. It is not real clear what the boys are wearing, but we see jeans and overalls and they are barefoot. Country boys still wore bib-front overalls in the early-40s, but by the end of the decade they were not very common--even in rural areas. Even city boys, however, were wearing jeans. While the family was not very fashionable, mother seems to have taken a good deal of care with the boys' hair. We note carefully cut bangs. Their older sister wears a one-piece shorts outfit.

This family snapshot was taken in Brushy Creek, Kentucky during May 1942. It shows Arville and Mary Gilliam with their five children. As mother wears an apron, we are guessing that they are near home. It is not real clear what the boys are wearing, bur we see jeans and overalls and they are barefoot. Country boys still wore bib-front overalls in the early-40s, but by the end of the decade they were not very common--even in rural areas. Even city boys, however, were wearing jeans. While the family was not very fashionable, mother seems to have taken a good deal of care with the boys' hair. We note carefully cut bangs. Their older sister wears a one-piece shorts outfit. Girls began wearing rompers and shorts in the 1920s, but they were in the 1940s still casual wear, never worn to school.

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