Figure 1.--Here we see the entire Gartner family of Des Moines, Iowa, in 1943. The boys' clothes seem to be fairly typical for the period for a middle-class family. David wears a white short-sleeved shirt, white short pants (note the self-belt), and white knee socks with cuffs. Michael, the younger boy, wears a dark suit with a white-collared shirt underneath (open at the neck), short pants, and ankle socks.

Here we see the entire Gartner family of Des Moines, Iowa, in 1943. In the back row we have the parents, Carl and Margie Gartner, and in the front row David (age 9) and Michael (age 6). Michael is now a journalist, and the photograph is taken from a newspaper article by Michael on his parents, who didn't drive a car and went everywhere in their neighborhood either by public transportation (streetcar) or on foot. The boys' clothes seem to be fairly typical for the period for a middle-class family. David wears a white short-sleeved shirt, white short pants (note the self-belt), and white knee socks with cuffs. Shorts sets with self-belts were very ccommon in the 1930s. White kneesocks were less common, at least for boys. Michael, the younger boy, wears a dark suit with a white-collared shirt underneath (open at the neck), short pants, and ankle socks. We can't see the boys' shoes in the photo, but they are almost certainly low-cut leather shoes.

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