Figure 1.-- Henri was 4 1/2 years old (September 1943). He wears rather a plain romper suit with a Peter Pan collar, baloon sleeves, and an undefined waist. As it is so plain, we believe it would be called a play suit. We do not know where in France the family lived, but rompers were a very popular style worn for younger boys throughout the country. Notice that the girls have similarly styled dresses. You get the impression that mother sewed the dresses at home. Click on the image for another snapshot, this time with a little more dressy romper outfit about a year or two later.

We also see French boys commonly wearing rompers at age 4 years. This is very common in the photographic record. And we age 4 was alnmost always within the age range mentioned in catalog offerings. We notice both dressy and play suits and a variety of styles with both defined and undefined waistlines. We have an example of a boy named Henri who was 4 1/2 years old (September 1943). He wears rather a plain romper suit with a Peter Pan collar, baloon sleeves, and an undefined waist. As it is so plain, we believe it would be called play suit. Henri wears mall locket with it. We do not know where in France the family lived, but rompers were a very popular style worn throughout the country.