Canadian Mail Order Catalogs and Advertisements with Boys Clothings: 1904


Figure 1.--This illustration from a 1904 Quebec magazine shows a variety of clothes and hair styles. Note the older boy with the long hair and lace collar and the younger boy wearing a kind of pill-box cap with an Eton collar. The children are depicted playing horsey. The outfits are for boys 5-8 years of age. Costumes pour enfants Jean-Bart : 1) Robe en vigogne beige pour fillette de 8 à 9 ans ; 2) Robe pour fillette de 11 à 12 ans en lainage rouge ; 3) Costume pour garçon de 5 à 6 ans ; 4) Costume en serge ou drap bleu pour enfant de 7 à 8 ans ; 5) Robe pour fillette de 5 à 7 ans en voile rouge Soource: L'album universel, vol. 21 no 1051. p. 112 (11 juin 1904).

We have an image from a French Canadian magazine L'album universel in 1904. It illustrates some fashionanle outfits for both boys and girls. Unfortuntely we can not make out the text in the associated outfits. The outfits have a French look to us, but this is only a guess. Blouses tended to have large collars. Some were quite fancy. We are not sure to what extent fashions varied between English and French Canada. Boys at the time mostly wore knee pants with both three-quater socks and long stockings.

Kilt Suits


Blouses

We note boys her wearing Eton collars and lace collars. Blouses tended to have large collars. Some were quite fancy.

Shirts


Tunic Suits

Younger Canadian boys like American boys were wearing tunic suits of various styles in at the turn of the 20th century. They were worn with long stockings.

Reefer Suits


Suits


Coats


Pants

Kneepants were very common for French boys in the 1900s. Boys at the time mostly wore knee pants with both three-quater socks and long stockings.

Hosiery

We believe Canadian boys commonly wearing long stockings. The French Canadian magazine ere depicts three-quarter socks. This was a seasonal matter. When the weather turned cooler the boys would have worn long stockings.







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