Figure 1.--Here we see an unidentified German boy ready for school in 1955. He wears black Leerhosen. Note the colorful shirt and school satchel. |
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A popular tradition in Germany was to photograph a child's first day at school. These portraits provide valuable time capsules of German school clothing. Subsequent school years are less commonly photoigraphed, but virtually every German child had his or her portrait taken thatv first year.n Before World War II we note many studio portraits. After World War II we note more snapshots. Also after the War we note quite a number of boys wearing Lederhosen for these first day photographs. This seemed much less common before the War, except perhaps in Bavaria. A good example is an unidentified boy in 1957.
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