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We see a variety of pants on offer in the 1930s, short pants, knickers, and long pants referred to as 'longies'. Short pants and especially knickers were dominant in the 20s, but long pants as the decade progressed were becoming more and more important. We also see jodpurs, but they were not very common. Pants are sold with both jackets and suits and separately.
Long pants were often cuffed. Some had very wide bottom leg hems like bell-bottoms. There were also jodpurs, but they were not very common. Long pants were becoming increasingly common during the 1930s and we see even younger boys wearing them. This was not common in the 1920s. Like the shorts and knickers, some were availble in button-on versions.
The left margin is a kittle clipped, but as e can best make out, the Spiegel ad copy reads, "New low price! Same quality as for $1.39 last season. ??? ??? longies. Button-on style with all around matching belt and metal buckle. Sturdily ??? with 4 pockets, cuffed ??? and serged seams. Order on your Credit Bank ???along with other needs. Sizes: 4 to 10. See size chart page 220. Navy blue. ??042 ... Pair $1.17." Nice how wide the leg bottoms are, like bell-bottoms.
The Spiegel ad copy read, "Just the thing for an active young boy to play in! Heavy Corduroy that will stand lots of rough-housing. Snappy belt style has dropped belt and ring closing. 3 pockets, cuffed bottoms. Button-on style. Sizes: 4 to 10, Colors: Brown, Wine or Navy Vlue. State size and color. VH5043 ... Pair $1.49." Again we see wide beg bottoms.
The Spiegel ad copy read, "Heavy thickset Corduroy in the prictical, jessy Jodhpur style. Tailored for wear with double srat and knee. Ankle length with cuffed bottoms and staps tht fit over his shoes. 2 pocketsand button side opeming. Siuzes: 4 to 10. Navy Blue or Brown. VH5044 ... Pair $1.98.
Knickers were still commonly worn at the beginning of the decade. We see as the decade prgresses knickers being worn by younger boys. They were were declining in popularity, especially by the end of the decade. Many of the ones we do see had knit closures rather than the clasp closures common in the 1920s. Many younger boys still wore short pants, especially durng the summer. Sears calls some of its short pants 'English shorts', we are not entirely sure what this meant. Shorts were mostly for boys 10 years of age and younger although some older boys wore them, especially during the summer. This was, however, a winter catalog. We don't have the year, but it is clearly ainter catalog as you can tell by the overcoats, mitten and knit caps. Some boys still wore short pants all year round even during the winter. Mothers at the time were changing, but some still thought that younge boys shous wear short pants. Here there was also a social-class aspect. Boys from affluent fmilirs were more likely to wear shorts and boys from working-clas families more likeky to wear long pants. There was also a regionl aspect with short pants more common in the South than North. Many of the pants for younger boys (all three main types) were done in button on styling.
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