Figure 1.--Here we see tw yoinger boys wearing romperoutfirs t Margate, we think in the 1920s. Sas was common in Britain, the boys are wearing rompers as play suits on the beach..

Rompers do not appear to have been as popular in England as they were in France and many continental countries. We see a lot fewer boys wearing rompers. We do not notice English boys wearing dressy rompers like French boys. This includes both romper suits and ropmr outfits with dressy blouses. We see many in Fance, but not in England. While we have not noted many examples of English boys wearing rompers in the photogrphic record, we do notice a few for play wear, especially for beach wear. Whether this constitutes a good indication of prevalece we are not entrely sure. A substantial portion of the rompers images we have found from England are family beach snapshots. Rompers seem popular for beach play in the sand. Some of the rompers we do see were not like short pants like casual wear, but rubberized garments to be worn over a child's clothes for plying on the breach, kind of like a smock-like potective garments only with baloon pants ith elatiied leg closures. These were not swim suits ike the ones worn by some American girls, but beach play outfits. We notice both romper suits and romper pants with bib fronts. We mostly see these rompers in the 1920s and 30s, primarily snapshots. For some reason we don't see many studio portrait. And we only see boys wearing these romper suits.

Dressy Rompers

Rompers do not appear to have been nearly as popular in England as they were in France and many continental countries. We see a lot fewer boys wearing rompers. We do not notice English boys wearing dressy rompers like French boys. This includes both romper suits and ropmr outfits with dressy blouses. We see many of these dressy rompers in France, but not in England. For some reason we don't see many studio portrait. And we only see boys wearing these romper suits.

Play Wear

While we have not noted many examples of English boys wearing rompers in the photogrphic record, we do notice a few for play wear, especially for beach wear. Whether this constitutes a good indication of prevalece we are not entrely sure. A substantial portion of the rompers images we have found from England are family beach snapshots. Rompers seem popular for beach play in the sand. Some of the rompers we do see were not like short pants like casual wear, but rubberized garments to be worn over a child's clothes for plying on the breach, kind of like a smock-like potective garments only with baloon pants ith elatiied leg closures. These were not swim suits ike the ones worn by some American girls, but beach play outfits. We notice both romper suits and romper pants with bib fronts. We mostly see these rompers in the 1920s and 30s, primarily snapshots. What ever the style of romper, the ones we see are mostly playwear and most commonly worn at the beach.