Figure 1.--Here we see two American brothers in the family backyard. They blook to be about 7-10 years old. They wear dark t-shirts, belted shorts, knee socks and leather shoes. The younger boy wanted his teddies in the picture. The snapshot is undated, but looks like the early-1930s to us because of the knee socks and the older boy's glasses.

American boys in thw 1920s commonly wore short pants with long stockings and knee socks. There were also three quarer socks fir younger boys. These were generally worn with more casual outfits and not suits. At the beginning of the 1930s we commonly see knee socks being worn with shorts. This was a continuation of 1920s trends. This was especually the case when dressing up and wearing suits. But we even see boys wearing knee socks when dressed casually at the beginning of the decade. This declined as the decade progressed. Younger boys might wear long stockings with shorts, mostly during the winter. This agradually changed during the decade. Knee socks were much less common by the end of the decade and we see boys mostly weaking ankle socks. This was the result of shorts becoming seen increasingky as casual warm weather wear. Knee socks made somne sence during the winter, but not for summer wear. It is at this time that knee socks began to be seen increasingly as girls hosiery which comntinues today.

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