Figure 1.--This Dutch post card was postally used in 1911. The boys wear kneepants outfits wuth three-quarter length socks and high top shoes. One boy wears a sailor suit. They seem to be typical outfits from the early 1910s. The colors are clearily a fanciful creatiin of the colorists. |
We have also noted rather fanciful colors. We believe in fact that the colors may be some of the least reliable information from these cards. Indeed some of the colorization makes no effort to be realistic, but simply pour on bright colors. Bright colors like yellow, orange, and red were probably not worn by school-age Dutch boys. Some of the colorization like the card on the previous page is very carefully done. We are doubtful, however, that boys in 1929 wore yellow short pants. Other images like the rather crudely ciolored orange and green postcard on this page are clearly fanciful.
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