Figure 1.--The particular image image we have is from 1894. There is no uniform, but all the boys wear dark suits. Notably the boys all wear sack suits with lapels. We do not see any boys with suits that button at the collar. We note a very wide range of neckwear, including Windsor ties and what look like bow ties. |
Here we see the school portrait in the 1890s. The school was still relativeky small. There look to be about 60 boys. We also note the clerics on the staff. The particular image image we have is from 1894. There is no uniform, but all the boys wear dark suits. Notably the boys all wear sack suits with lapels. We do not see any boys with suits that button at the collar. We note a very wide range of neckwear, including Windsor ties and what look like bow ties. Some of the boys wear waistcoats, although it is not possible to know how common this was as most boys havwe buttonef their jackets. All of the boys wear long pants, at least as as far as we can tell from the school portrait. Notice how several boys are holding their hands in the image here, I'not sure what that was all about.
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