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The portrait of this American boy is undated, but the four AZO stamp box triangles suggest 1904-18. The clothes like the open collar look more like the 1910s. The studio was N.A. Berthol, 1711 Minion Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio. He weaes a sports shirt, but we are not entirley sure about his pants. He is wearing long stockings and low-cut shoes.
The portrait shows an unidentified American boy.
The studio was N.A. Berthol, 1711 Minion Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The portrai is undated. The boy looks about 9-10 years old. The portrait is done with a postcard back. The four AZO stamp box triangles suggest 1904-18. The clothes like the open collar look more like the 1910s. A reader writes, "Shirt, haircut, pants and shoes lead me to think its later than 1910-18. Could be the early 20s. he long stocking have me puzzled. also the pose is less rigid then is usual in the 1900-18 period. He looks very relaxed."
It is a little hard to identify what type of pants the unidentified American boy here is wearing. There are no decorative henm buttons, but the length is below the knees. A HBC reader writes, "This boy looks to me as though he were wearing above-the-knee knickers rather than knee pants. Notice what looks like a band on his right leg. But I agree that the photo is ambiguous. For this discussion of knickers and knee pants, we might cite two Pittsburgh brothers in 1906. The older boy is clearly wearing knickers that fasten below the knee. The younger boy, about 11, I think, seems
to be wearing knee pants. But there are no ornamental buttons, and it could be argued that the trousers are bloused. But I don't think I have ever seen above-the-knee knickers worn this high on the leg.
Another photo from Pittsburgh, showing Charles Spencer (1900) clearly shows the ornamental buttons on the knee pants (plus the hose supporters for long stockings)."
Our reader may be right. The pants do look rather like knickers. What caused HBC to think that these were not knickers is that the cloth bit our readers believes is the knickers leg band, was a markedly different color from the knickers. We thought this might be a bit of short-leg underwear. It is, however, difficult to tell. And the more we look at the portrait, the more we tend to agree with our reader. The boy is also wearing long stockings and low-cut oxfords.
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