Figure 1.--We note two Vienna boys in sailor suit uniforms about 1910. We at first thought these were identical sailor suits that brothers might wear. The cap tally, however, reads, "???inger Knabenhort". There is also some sort of emblem on their sailor caps. This suggests to us that the sailor suits here were some kind of uniform for a school or youth group. Put your cursor on the image for an enlargement of the cap. You can see the cap talley and emblem more clearly.

We note some kind of school group called a Knabenhort. In Austria and Germany today a Hort is some kind of after-school care club. In Austria-Hungary before World War I it may have some kind of school pr perhaps a youth organization. We note two Vienna boys in sailor suit uniforms about 1910. We at first thought these were identical sailor suits that brothers might wear. The cap tally, however, reads, "???inger Knabenhort". There is also some sort of emblem on their sailor caps. This suggests to us that the sailor suits here were some kind of uniform for a school or youth group. We thought at first these were just standard sailor suits. But they seem to be uniforms. The way they are saluting suggests that they have been taught some military drill at a school or youth organization. Hopefully our Austrian or German readers will know more about Knabenhorten. I thought they might be the Vienna Chour Boys, but the Choir did not begin wearing sailor suits until after World War I. Another German reader explains that "'Knabenhort' or "Hort" in general, is an institution - not only in Austria, but also in Germany. Children may come to after school when parents are not at home. It may be also an orphanage. I don't think that it is (was) related to a youth organisation or choir. It is not only for school children, but also for younger kids up about 1 year of age when mother returns to work following the childrens' birth interval in working. The institution may be sponsored by a community or church, or even private. Usually there is a modest fee."

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