Figure 1.--This photograph is unidentified. We believe it was taken in 1959 and because of all the boys wearing Lederhosen, probably in Bavaria--perhaps Munich. Perhaps some of our German readers will recognize the monument. This is probably not a school group, but a kind of social group summer outing.

We note Lederhosen being worn much more widely in Germany during the 1950s than before Wotld war II. Before the War, Bavaria were known throughout the country, bur were primarily worn in Bavaria abnd Austria. After the War we note them being worn in areas of Germany where they werenot formerly worn. Evcen so we still see them muvh more commonly in Bavaria than any other part of Germany. (They alo were very common in Austria, but it was separated from Germany by the Allies.) Images from Bavaria often show karge numbers of boys wearing Lederhosen in school and other group photographs. We note this in photographs before the War, but it seems to be even more true in the 1950s.

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