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We have a school portrait from the 1957-58 school year. Here almost all the boys wear suits. It is a 4th year class. This would mean boys about 15 years old. The boys mostly wear long pants suits, but a few boys still wear short pants suits. Again the boys motly wear ankle socks, but one boy wears kneesocks. We do not have any other portraits from the 1950s so we can compare this with how the younger boys dressed. The number of boys wearing suits suggested that if not a school requirement, it was strongly incouraged.
A HBC reader writes, "This image with a few of the teenagers still wearing short pants while the rest are in longs reminded me of the recent film, "Malena", where
the wearing of short pants becomes one of the major issues. The action takes
place during World War II. Perhaps a link to HBC's coverage of this film
would be worth making." HBC note: The school portrait here was taken in 1957, more than 10 years after the War. Wearing short pants was much more common during the 1940s and early 50s.
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