Figure 1.--Notice the patterened sweater the boy at the kleft wears and how he wears a belt over it. The other boiy wears a suit. The photograph was taken some time in the 1920s.
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Figure 1.--Notice the patterened sweater the boy at the kleft wears and how he wears a belt over it. The other boiy wears a suit. The photograph was taken some time in the 1920s. |
Sweaters were very commonly worn. As the decade progressed it became increasingly common to come to school in a warm short and warm sweater rather than a more formal suit. Many classrom images show some boys uin suits and others wearing swaters. We note sweaters in many different styles, inckluduing pullovers with crew necks, Rugby-style half buttons, and cardigans. The sweaters came in a wide variety of colors and patterns. Many were knitted by mothers and grandmothers. Interestingly some boys wore belys over their sweaters where the belts had no real purpose. I am not enirely sure why they did this. Perhaps they thought it gave a military look. I'm also not sure if the parents encouraged this.
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